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Designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield, the prolific Victorian church architect, St Andrew’s is remarkable for its wall paintings which are generally in very good condition.

There has been a church on this site since Saxon times, but the present building dates from 1450.

A medieval church with lovely stained glass windows, the churchyard has lovely views over the rolling mid Devon countryside.

The chapel has been, variously, the Chapter House of a Carthusian monastery, a storage place for Henry VIII’s hunting equipment, and the private chapel of a Tudor mansion.

The church was constructed in 1836, designed by noted local architect Joseph Butler.

One of the most striking aspects about St Martin within Ludgate exterior is its tall, sharp leaded spire, which when seen from the lower part of Fleet Street, is a deliberate foil to the massive rounded dome of St Paul's Cathedral.

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin was engaged as architect and it was considered the most important Catholic Church in England when it was built from 1839, seating about 3,000 people. 

St Andrew by the Wardrobe was the last city church rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren after the Great Fire of London.

This pretty church church stands on a hill overlooking idyllic countryside.