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Church of St John the Baptist
Grid ref: SX 5123 6966
On walking routes: West Devon Way
Main image: Photo: Tony Atkin, Wikimedia Commons
- Built: 1893, with the porch dated 1913
- Architect: Fellowes Prynne
- Status: Grade II* listed (Historic England list entry 1305856)
St John the Baptist at Horrabridge is a Victorian church, not a medieval one. Historic England records it as built in 1893, with the porch dated 1913, to designs by Fellowes Prynne, in snecked greenstone with limestone dressings and slate roofs.
It has a west porch, a nave with north and south aisles, and a chancel with a north vestry and a south organ chamber. A tall slender spire (a fleche) rises over the crossing, the roof of the nave sweeps down over the shorter aisles, and a wooden bellcote and clock complete the outline.
The other St John the Baptist church in our listings, at North Bovey, is medieval.
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