Christow
| Christow | |
| Devon | |
|---|---|
 Parish church of St James the Apostle | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SX836850 |
| Location: | 50°39’12"N, 3°38’52"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | EX6 |
| Dialling code: | 01647 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Teignbridge |
| Website: | Christow Parish Council |
Christow is a village in southern Devon, some twelve miles south-west of Exeter. The village is in the Teign Valley, just off the B3193 road that links Chudleigh and Dunsford, and on the eastern edge of Dartmoor National Park.
Manor
The parish includes the tything of Canonteign, where there are two notable historic houses. Canonteign Barton is a late Tudor stone house and a Grade I listed building.[1] Canonteign House is a neo-classical building completed in 1828 for Captain Pownoll Pellew (1786–1833), who in the last year of his life succeeded his father as Viscount Exmouth.[2]
Parish church
Christow's Church of England parish church of St James the Apostle has a 12th-century Norman font but otherwise seems to be largely a 15th-century building.[3]
The west tower is a Gothic Survival addition of 1630[4] and has a ring of eight bells. John III and Christopher IV Pennington of Stoke Climsland, Cornwall cast a ring of six bells for the tower in 1785. John Taylor & Co of Loughborough, Leicestershire added a new treble and second bell in 1973, increasing the ring to eight.[5]
Inside the church are monuments including two to Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth and his son the 2nd Viscount, both of whom died in 1833.[6]
The church was restored in 1862 to designs by the architect Edward Ashworth. It is a Grade I listed building.[3]
Railway
The Teign Valley Railway was built from Heathfield to Christow in 1882, but Christow railway station was not opened until 1903, when the line was extended to Exeter. The line was closed to passenger trains in 1958 and freight in 1961.
About the village
Christow has a pub, the Artichoke Inn,[7] that was built in or before the 17th century.[8] The village has also a community primary school.[9] The village has also a Community Hall with tennis courts and a skate park. There is also a doctors' practice[10] and Gidley's Meadow, a small industrial estate.
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1097834: Canonteign Barton (Grade I listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1333896: Canonteign House (Grade II listing)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 National Heritage List 1163790: Church of Saint James the Apostle (Grade I listing)
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Devon, 1952; 1989 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09596-8page 261
- ↑ Scott, John (11 July 2010). "Christow S James". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Central Council for Church Bell Ringers. http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=Christow&Submit=+Go+&DoveID=CHRISTOW. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ↑ Pevsner & Cherry 1989, p. 261.
- ↑ The Artichoke Inn of Christow
- ↑ National Heritage List 1097806: The Artichoke and cottage adjoining at east (Grade II listing)
- ↑ Christow Community Primary School
- ↑ Cheriton Bishop and Teign Valley Practice
- Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Devon, 1952; 1989 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09596-8page 243, 261