The Church of St Peter ad Vincula is the Church of England parish church for the village of Combe Martin in North Devon, England. Possibly built on the site of a Saxon church, construction of the pres
The Church of St Peter ad Vincula in Combe Martin
Church of St Peter ad Vincula
The baptismal font is 15th-century
The Rood Screen is 15th-century and retains its painted figures
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The nave is the central part of a church, stretching from the main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in
The nave of the Saint-Sulpice Church in Paris
The nave of the Santa Monica Parish Church in Sarrat, Philippines
A fresco showing Old St Peter's Basilica, built in the 4th century: the central area, illuminated by high windows, is flanked by aisles.
Late Gothic fan vaulting (1608, restored 1860s) over the nave at Bath Abbey, Bath, England. Suppression of the triforium offers a greater expanse of clerestory windows.