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Revelstoke

The old parish church of St. Peter the Poor Fisherman, Revelstoke, stands on the edge of the cliff overlooking Stoke Bay on the south coast of Devon. The church dates from the fourteenth century, but was badly damaged in a storm in 1840.

Occasional services were still held until 1869 when the building was declared unsafe for use. A new church, also called St. Peter's Revelstoke, was subsequently built by Edward Charles Baring, Lord Revelstoke, on a site overlooking the River Yealm in Noss Mayo. The new church was completed in 1882.

The old church building gradually fell into ruin, until the late 1960's when a group of local people launched an appeal to save it. Substantial repairs were carried out between 1971 and 1973 with the help of the Churches Conservation Trust, which is now responsible for the care of the site. Open air services are held twice a year during the summer months.

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