St Mary's Church, Brixham

The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the parish church of Higher Brixham, in the county of Devon, England. It is a listed building of Grade II* and was first listed in 1949.[1]

St Mary's Church
Church of St Mary the Virgin
Tower, St Mary the Virgin, Higher Brixham - geograph.org.uk - 366664
The Church Tower
St Mary's Church is located in Devon
St Mary's Church
St Mary's Church
Shown within Devon
50.386037°N 3.518772°W / 50.386037; -3.518772
OS grid referenceSX 92120 55119
LocationHigher Brixham, Devon
CountryEngland
DenominationChurch of England
Websitewww.achurchnearyou.com/church/8908/
History
StatusActive
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade II*
Designated18-Oct-1949
Administration
DioceseExeter

History

The church building dates from about the fifteenth century, replacing a previous Norman building.[2] It was re-roofed in 1867 and was restored in 1905.[1][3] The pillars are similar in design to St Mary's Church, Totnes, which was being built in 1432, and the churches may have shared an architect.[2]

The church contains monuments to the Upton family of Lupton House,[3][4][5] and to the judge Francis Buller.[6] Its archives are held by the South West Heritage Trust.[7][8]

Funding

The Friends of St Mary's, Brixham, a registered charity (no. 1041867) has the stated aim "to maintain, repair, restore, preserve, improve, beautify and reconstruct for the benefit of the public the fabric of the church".[9]

References
  1. Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, Brixham (1195156)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  2. "St Mary's Brixham". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  3. Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2002). Devon. Yale University Press. p. 829. ISBN 978-0-300-09596-8.
  4. Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica. Hamilton, Adams, and Company. 1892. p. 75.
  5. Imperial cyclopaedia (1850). The imperial cyclopædia [based on The penny cyclopædia of the Soc. for the diffusion of useful knowledge]. Sub-division. The cyclopædia of the British empire. Charles Knight. pp. 489–490.
  6. Lewis, Samuel (1811). A Topographical Dictionary of England: Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions ... S. Lewis & Company. pp. 336–7.
  7. "St Mary's Parish, Brixham". The National Archives. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  8. "Brixham: St Mary's Parish". South West Heritage Trust. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  9. "The Friends Of St Mary's, Brixham". Charity Commission. Retrieved 12 August 2019.


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