Stiffleaf's photos

the statues of royalty in the inner courtyard date from 1617 and are great fun. unfortunately, you have to sign up for an interminable guided tour to see them; our guide had droned on for half an hour before letting us inside the front door, and half of our group made their excuses and left well before the end, bored witless by a grovelling hagiography of the owner and a tour through bedrooms and bathrooms to let.

the inner coutyard of the 1550-90 house built by the lawyer john haydon out of his ill gotten gains from the reformation, with royalist statues of 1617 in niches

the house dates from 1550-90 in its bones, with later additions

the house dates from 1550-90 in its bones, with later additions

this front of the house of 1740-50 has a classical centrepiece and neo-mediaeval stepped gables

st.paul's, honiton was built in 1837-8 by charles fowler as a commisioners' church in neo-norman dress, when seen next to his neo-greek market buildings it becomes obvious just what a wide range of styles and types could be demanded of the regency architect

carvings from the gatehouse of 1570

carvings from the gatehouse of 1570

gatehouse range of 1570

c14 chancel, done up in c15 etc.

font of 1880

monument to katherine pole, nee popham , c.1580

pole arms on monument to katherine pole, nee popham , c.1580

monument to katherine pole, nee popham , c.1580

tomb of mary pole nee pertham +1605, second wife of william pole [next tomb]

tomb of william pole 1587, husband of katherine popham in the next tomb

tomb of william pole 1587, husband of katherine popham in the next tomb

stone screen, originally across the south transept, from chantry of rev. thomas brerewood, of 1530