Location: Widecombe, Devon.
Photographer: Robert Hesketh
Keywords: Tourist Display Church Historic Buildings/Sites Dev/Teignbridge Inland Interior
File Size: 29MB
Close up of a roof boss depicting Saint Catherine with the symbols of her martyrdom a wheel on which she was tortured and a sword with which she was decapitated surrounded by foliage in the 14th century Widecombe in the moor parish church of St Pancras a perpendicular church noted for its barrel roof decorated with finely carved and painted roof bosses many legends surround Saint Catherine of Alexandria who defied the Emperor Maxentius and fifty philosophers her fest day is 25 November Widecombe Church in Dartmoor National Park Teignbridge West Devon South West England UK closeup; close-up; interior; St Catherine; wood; carving; symbol; motif; face; medieval; woman; lady; adult female; crown; leaves; martyr; religion; religious; ceiling; boss; history; heritage; historic; historical; Grade I listed building; inside; Widecombe Church; interior; inland; walking holiday; vacation; travel; tourism; tourist attraction; upright; vertical; portrait; Widecombe-in-the-moor; parish church of St Pancras; DNP; Westcountry; West Country; SW England; English; British; Britain; Great Britain; GB; United Kingdom