Ayshford Chapel

Near Tiverton, Devon

OS: ST 048 152

Ayshford is a Grade I listed fifteenth century former private chapel. It is a small free-standing Perpendicular building with diagonal buttresses and a rebuilt bell-cote.

The chapel was the subject of a major conservation campaign by the Friends in 2001/02. The interior was restored to a wonderful salmon-pink limewash and the striking Art Deco type glass of 1848 (see below, left) was also repaired.

The interior boasts a medieval cusped screen (pictured above) with traces of red, green and blue paint and floor, chest and wall monuments (see left) to the Ayshford family including Henry Ayshford (died 1666 aged one year). The wagon roof is particularly noted for its carved fifteenth century bosses.

Visitors should remember not to shut inquisitive sheep in the church when they leave !

If you would like to visit the church and need details of keyholders, directions etc, please telephone our office on: 020 7236 3934.

Friends of Friendless Churches is a company limited by guarantee
Company No: 1119137, registered in England.
Registered Office: St Ann's Vestry Hall, 2 Church Entry, London EC4V 5HB.
Registered Charity No: 1113097.