English Heritage sites near Chivelstone Parish
DARTMOUTH CASTLE
11 miles from Chivelstone Parish
Beautifully located fortresses on the edge of the river. For over 600 years Dartmouth Castle has guarded the Dart Estuary and the busy, vibrant port of Dartmouth.
BAYARD'S COVE FORT
11 miles from Chivelstone Parish
Picturesquely sited on the quayside at Darmouth, this Tudor artillery fort once contained heavy guns to protect the prosperous harbour town from attack.
TOTNES CASTLE
15 miles from Chivelstone Parish
A classic Norman motte and bailey castle, founded soon after the Conquest to overawe the Saxon town. A later stone shell-keep crowns its steep mound, giving views across the town to the River Dart.
BERRY POMEROY CASTLE
16 miles from Chivelstone Parish
Tucked away in a steep wooded valley, Berry Pomeroy Castle is the perfect romantic ruin.
KIRKHAM HOUSE, PAIGNTON
16 miles from Chivelstone Parish
This late medieval stone house, afterwards split into three cottages was restored in the 1960s.
ROYAL CITADEL, PLYMOUTH
21 miles from Chivelstone Parish
A dramatic 17th-century fortress built to defend the coastline from the Dutch, and keep watch on a recently rebellious town. Still in use by the military today.
Churches in Chivelstone Parish
St Sylvester's Church, Chivelstone
Chivelstone
Kingsbridge
Devon
01548511332
http://eastprawlehistorysociety.co.uk/church-repair-project
WONDERFUL NEWS, ST SYLVESTERS CHURCH HAS BEEN GRANTED £384,300.00 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, for the Church renovation and Community project.
St Sylvester's Church is a very friendly Medieval church situated in an isolated rural community. The Church is always open and everyone is welcome to one of our services or just to visit. Chivelstone holds weekly Sunday services and an occasional fifth Sunday Benefice Service.
Chivelstone Church is early 15c with a carved medieval screen and pulpit. The rood screen is unusual in having paintings of Saints in the middle section and arabesques on the outer sections, (before and after the Reformation. Recently we have found wall paintings. This is very exciting, we shall endeavour to complete revealing them.
We are applying for a National Heritage Lottery Grant to repoint the tower and parts of the main walls, renew and enlarge the gutters and improve the drainage to keep the Church dry. The front wall of the porch is unstable and the vestry wall is in need of repair. We hope to install a toilet and new kitchen in an area at the back of the Church. We will remove some of the pews at the back of the Church to make a Community area. This is a major restoration and renovation project for our very small Parish of Chivelstone.
Our National Lottery Heritage grant was submitted at the end of February, we hope we will be successful, the amount of restoration that is required is impossible to fund by our small Parish. We hope you will visit one day.
If you would like to see a video of our Church go to East Prawle History Society website which includes the video and many photographs of the Church and our video presentation for our National Lottery Heritage Fund grant application.
If you would like to donate to our funds and help us restore our beautiful ancient Church, please contact the Churchwarden on 01548511332, email [email protected], our small Parish needs a lot of support to help us restore and renovate our beautiful Church.
Pubs in Chivelstone Parish
Pigs Nose Inn
Highly regarded 500 year old smugglers inn located on the village green attracting birdwatchers and coastal walkers, the pub boasts a cluttered and quirky maritime themed interior. Gravity beers are racked behind the bar; home cooked locall...