St George's Church, Tiverton
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St George's Church, Tiverton is a
Grade I listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ...
parish church in the
Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the State religion#State churches, established List of Christian denominations, Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the mother church of the Anglicanism, Anglican Christian tradition, ...
in
Tiverton, Devon Tiverton ( ) is a town and civil parish in Devon, England, and the commercial and administrative centre of the Mid Devon district. The population in 2019 was 20,587. History Early history The town's name is conjectured to derive from "Twy-for ...
.


History

The church was constructed between 1714 and 1733. The architect was John James. Nikolaus Pevsner describes the church as having an ''harmonious interior little disturbed by later alterations.''


Organ

The church organ is by
Hele & Co Hele & Co (also known as Hele & Sons) were the main organ builders in the south west of England from 1865 to 2007.''The Freeman-Edmonds Directory of British Organ Builders''; by Andrew Freeman & Bernard Edmonds. 2002 History The company was fo ...
. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tiverton Churches completed in 1733 Church of England church buildings in Devon Grade I listed churches in Devon