Tawstock
Coordinates: 51°03′N 4°03′W / 51.05°N 4.05°W
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Tawstock shown within Devon |
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| Population | 2,093 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | SS5529 |
| Civil parish | Tawstock |
| District | North Devon |
| Shire county | Devon |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BARNSTAPLE |
| Postcode district | EX31 |
| Dialling code | 01271 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | North Devon |
| List of places: UK • England • Devon | |
Tawstock is a village and civil parish in North Devon in the English county of Devon. It has a population of 2,093.[1]
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[edit] Parish Church
St Peter's church is, unusually for Devon, a church largely of the 14th century. The plan is cruciform and the site is in the former park of the Earls of Bath. The collection of church monuments is particularly fine: most of the persons commemorated are members of the family of the Earls, connections of theirs, or household officers. Features of interest include the 16th century gallery, the manorial pew of the Earls of Bath (Renaissance in style) and two ceilings of Italian plasterwork. The tomb of Lady Fitzwarren and the monument of Rachel, Countess of Bath (with figure by Burman) are in the south chancel aisle.[2]
[edit] Tawstock Court
The Tudor mansion no longer exists apart from the gatehouse, with a date-plate 1574. The west front has been Victorianised but apparently follows the Tudor plan while the principal south front faces the church and is a rebuilding after a fire in 1787. This is Gothick in style with turrets and castellation. The north side was redone in 1885.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : North Devon Retrieved 28 January 2010
- ^ Betjeman, John, ed. (1968) Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches; the South. London: Collins; p. 166
- ^ Pevsner, N. (1952) North Devon. Harmondsworth: Penguin; p. 154
[edit] Further reading
- Pevsner, N. (1952) North Devon. Harmondsworth: Penguin; pp. 151-53 [Church of] St Peter
[edit] External links
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