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Alexander 'Greek' Thomson was a Scottish architect with a penchant for overtly combining classical and oriental architectural styles.

This is one of only four churches by architects Gillespie, Kidd & Coia and is in their trademark red brick inside and out.

Gazing across the River Dart from Kingswear, you can see the ancient church of St Saviour.

An amazing church filled with interesting carvings, woodwork, monuments, stained glass windows set in a beautiful tranquil space with the churchyard in the centre of the village.

St Petrox church at the mouth of the river is the oldest of the three parish churches, the earliest reference being in 1192 when it is thought to have been referred to in a deed as the 'monastery of St Peter'.

The mother church of Dartmouth and standing some 350ft above the main town on the narrow tract which, since ancient times, has been a right-of-way from the coast through Longcross to the River Dart crossing at Hardnesse.

This church was built in 1888 in principally the Early English style by architect Robert Rowand Anderson who also brought in elements of Scottish design.

St Peter's lies in the heart of the village near the pub, school, post office, village hall and local garage and is truly the centre of the community.