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Chivelstone Church is early 15c with a carved medieval screen and pulpit. The rood screen is unusual in having paintings of Saints in the middle section and arabesques on the Arabesques on the Rood Screen. The rood screen was built for the original church hence the fact that it doesn’t fit perfectly in the John the Evangelist The Church is unusual in having a rood screen across the nave with decorations of

In previous times the pulpit would have stood behind the screen where all the mysteries of the sacraments remained hidden or screened from the ordinary people. the pulpit is an arched entrance in the wall behind which opens to stairs that originally led to the rood The rood screen is 15th century and a rare survivor topped with a crucifixion from 1915 by Herbert Read His craftsmanship in the restoration of ancient church screens, pulpits and pews, and in the execution

significant change in its design was the restoration in 1870 by Piers St Aubyn which included a new roof The rood screen (which would have had access to the loft on the south side) is of the 15th century but

(Wikipedia) Rood Screens were universal in Devon by about 1300 and some 120 survive in Devon today. of the screen, the focus of all prayer and ritual. The screen was probably built between 1480 and 1500, but the Rood Lofts above the screens offended Protestant For some reason screens were ordered to remain. Restoration has discovered that there are two painting schemes one above the other, denoting a screen

The attractively carved rood screen stretches across the entire width of the church. The fine tracery detailing on the medieval rood screen is almost identical to that of St.

The early 16th century Rood Screen is the dominant feature of the interior and depicts the twelve disciples The parclose screens which are at right angles to the rood screen and which divide the chancel from the There would have been a wide section of ornate coving above the screen and a mezzanine floor or Rood In fact a large part of the history of rood screens and rood lofts spans that period of major religio-political Later, as rural populations increased and the parishioners got richer there was a bit of a rood screen

The pulpit is thought to be 19th century although the applied carvings are from the rood screen, a great screen. It demonstrates the hazards of a touch screen that hangs around your neck and which bounces around against The camera reset itself to screen touch firing of the shutter and took about five photos as I walked These stairs now go nowhere, but they once led to a sort of mezzanine floor above called a Rood Loft.

Much controversy surrounds the missing Rood Screen which was purported to be one of the finest in Devon If you are not familiar with what a Rood Screen looks like, have a look at my post on South Pool church where the Rood Screen survives. These doors displayed at the rear of the church also formed part of the Rood Screen. The Rood screen and loft were later removed.

The beautifully carved rood screen is from 1906 in traditional Perpendicular style by Herbert Read of The screen stands between the Nave and the Chancel in the tradition of Rood Screens. Originally, Rood Screens had a practical purpose of supporting a mezzanine floor above the Chancel, called the Rood Loft. Original Rood Screens still remain in many Devon churches, notably in the nearby villages of the South

The route follows some beautiful countryside, first through woods and then out into the open with far It boasts a beautifully carved Norman font and a vividly painted 14th-century screen. There is a very good wagon roof, an 18th-century wooden pulpit, and a coat of arms to George II dated The rood screen has to be the ‘star of the show’ and a close inspection will soon reveal that it is of On the back of the screen are six more figures whose identity is unknown.

The second set focus on the artwork in the church, namely the screen paintings and the carved pulpit. Sylvester's, is early 15c with a carved medieval screen and pulpit. The rood screen is unusual in having paintings of Saints in the middle section and arabesques on the Over the nave and aisles the medieval wagon roofs survive,although somewhat restored. St. For a time the two of them clung to the storm tossed bit of wood until the sea took them.

Many screens were also removed but the South Hams has a particularly rich supply of survivors. The medieval rood screen remains, although much "mutilated", as much by time as by efforts at restoration The handsome rood screen would well repay careful restoration. The screens between the chancel and side chapels are called parclose screens. A parclose screen is a screen or railing used to enclose or separate-off a chantry chapel, tomb or manorial