Church of St Maurice (also known as the Church of St Thomas at Plympton St Maurice) is located in

Plympton Plympton is a suburb of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is in origin an ancient stannary town. It was an important trading centre for locally mined tin, and a seaport before the River Plym silted up and trade moved down river to P ...

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, England. Dating to the 15th century, it is now a Grade II* listed building.''Plympton St Maurice Conservation Area appraisal and Management Plan''
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, January 2008 The church is of

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denomination. The church tower was rebuilt in 1446 and restored in 1878 by E. H. Sedding. The 1905 nave roof is a copy of the original by Hine and Ogders. There is a monument to Joshua Reynolds, by James Hine, erected in 1904. It features a portrait medallion by F. Derwent Wood. Cherry, Bridget &

Pevsner, Nikolaus Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner (30 January 1902 – 18 August 1983) was a German-British art historian and architectural historian best known for his monumental 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, ''The Buildings of England'' (1 ...

, ''The Buildings of England: Devon''. Yale University Press, 2004. pp. 683–5 The boundary wall and

lychgate A lychgate, also spelled lichgate, lycugate, lyke-gate or as two separate words lych gate, (from Old English ''lic'', corpse), also ''wych gate'', is a gateway covered with a roof found at the entrance to a traditional English or English-style ch ...

of the church are Grade II listed. The church's former rectory stands across the former marketplace at 9 Fore Street. The church hall is located at 10 Market Road in Plympton.Get in touch
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* Grade II* listed buildings in Devon 15th-century establishments in England 15th-century church buildings in England 15th-century churches Grade II* listed churches in Devon Buildings and structures in Plympton, Devon {{England-church-stub