ST BUDEAUX PARISH CHURCH
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N 50° 24.780 W 004° 10.612
30U E 416383 N 5585213
An old church in Plymouth.
Waymark Code: WM3VRN
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/23/2008
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St Budeaux Parish Church is situated alongside Victoria Road, Higher St Budeaux. The church was completed in 1563, probably at the expense of the Lord of The Manor, Roger Budockshead. It is known that he gave a piece of land to the churchwardens & 24 of the parishioners & generously gave them a further parcel of land to the NE of the church upon which "honest games" could be played, except during Divine Service of course. The gift was on condition that the parishioners paid him one penny each year on Christmas day, at the South door of the church.
Architecturally it is the only Tudor period church in the city. It is built in the perpendicular style. The nave & side aisles are of equal length & area separated on each side by three arches resting on granite pillars. There is no chancel & the roof is regarded as a good example of a Devon "barrel roof".
At the Western end is an embattled tower with six bells. In 1569 Sir Francis Drake married Mary Newman here. The church is also a site of two battles during the civil war when the church was almost destroyed.
Building Materials: Stone
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