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St Loye's Chapel is a medieval religious structure located on Rifford Road in Devon. The site comprises the remains of a chapel together with an associated cross, both of which date to the medieval period and testify to the local devotional landscape of that era. The chapel and cross represent typical features of medieval sacred topography in Devon, where such combinations of structures served parochial or votive functions. As a scheduled ancient monument, the site preserves evidence of medieval religious practice and settlement patterns in the region.
St Loye's Chapel and cross, Rifford Road is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003868. View the official record →
St Loye's Chapel is a medieval religious structure located on Rifford Road in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003868.
St Loye's Chapel and cross, Rifford Road is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1003868.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval bridge and part of a late medieval conduit under Holloway Street (2.2 km), Clyst St Mary Bridge and causeway (2.7 km), St Nicholas' Priory (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of St Loye's Chapel and cross, Rifford Road's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
St Loye's Chapel and cross, Rifford Road stands on Permian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.