Welcome to Escot church
Escot church community is small, quite elderly and very friendly. We usually hold two services a month one Holy Communion and one BCP Evensong with usual attendances between 8 and 15. We are renowned for our fundraising both for ourselves and more importantly for other charities, the latter through winter soup lunches where we expect to cater for between 30 and 70 people. Escot Church is a ‘chapel of ease’ within the parish of Feniton with Escot.
Location and information
Address
Church of St Philip and St James
Unnamed Road
Escot
EX11 1LS
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Church Officers
Churchwardens (or if vacant the parish priest) can help you with general enquiries about the church, and if you are researching your family history. PCC Secretaries can help with information about the work of the Parochial Church Council and any correspondence should be directed to them. PCC treasurers deal with the finances of the church and are always pleased to discuss giving to the church or making a legacy in your will.
Roz Withrington
PCC Secretary
Shan Allen
PCC Treasurer
Contact an officer
Church accessibility
As a Mission Community we are very aware that our ancient buildings are not always the most accessible. Where possible we have made changes to make them more user-friendly but there are some limitations that we are not able to work round.
Car park
Composting toilet
Churchyard wheelchair friendly
Church not wheelchair friendly
No hearing loop
Church features
All of our churches are unique many date back many hundreds of years. Each building tells a story and highlighted below are some of the features that are especially noteworthy.
Church windows by Henry Holiday
19thC oak pulpit
History
Escot church was built in the 1830’s by Sir John Kennaway at a cost of £3000 and it was consecrated on 1st May 1840. Although it is a parish church it was used predominantly as an estate church in the early days. It is very simple in form with a high roof and excellent acoustics and situated at the end of a long path across a field. It can seat 200 with additional seating in the choir. The open churchyard is a very peaceful place in spite of the proximity to the A30. It has some excellent stained glass, at least one of the windows on the south side being designed by the well-known pre-Raphaelite artist and stained glass designer Henry Holiday.
For a more detailed history please visit the Historic England page.
