Gargoyles - St Mary - Ottery St Mary, Devon
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Gargoyles on the south tower of St Mary's church, Ottery St Mary.
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Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/13/2022
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Gargoyles on the south tower of St Mary's church, Ottery St Mary. A row of tortured faces around the parapet of the tower.
"The parish church of St Mary's has been referred to as "a miniature Exeter Cathedral". Like the cathedral it is cruciform in plan, with transepts formed by towers
Nikolaus Pevsner describes the building as “lying large and low like a tired beast”. It is 163 feet (50 m) long, and the towers are 71 feet (22 m) high. It was consecrated in 1260, at which time the manor and patronage of the church belonged to Rouen Cathedral, as it had from before the Norman invasion. Pevsner assumes that the tower-transepts and the outer walls of the chancel date back to 1260, and that the towers were built in imitation of those at Exeter."
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