Holy Trinity Church, Torbryan

{{Short description|Church in Torbryan, Devon, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox historic site

| name =Holy Trinity Church

| native_name =

| native_language =

| image =Torbryan church - geograph.org.uk - 29197.jpg

| caption =

| locmapin =Devon

| coordinates = {{coord|50|29|22|N|3|39|54|W|display=inline,title}}

| location =Torbryan, Devon, England

| area =

| built = 1470

| architect =

| architecture =

| governing_body =

| designation1 =Grade I listed building

| designation1_offname =Church of the Holy Trinity

| designation1_date =23 August 1955

| designation1_number =431865

| designation2 =

| designation2_offname =

| designation2_date =

| designation2_number =

}}

Holy Trinity Church in Torbryan, near Ipplepen in Devon, England, was built in the 15th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building,{{NHLE |num= 1249658|desc= Church of the Holy Trinity, Denbury and Torbryan|access-date= 13 August 2013|mode=cs2}} and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.{{citation |title=Holy Trinity Church, Torbryan, Devon|url=http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/Holy-Trinity-Church-Torbryan-Devon/|publisher=Churches Conservation Trust|access-date=2 April 2011}} It was vested in the Trust on 1 July 1987.{{Citation | year = 2011| title = Diocese of Exeter: All Schemes| series = Church Commissioners/Statistics| publisher = Church of England| page = 5| format = PDF | url = http://www.churchofengland.org/media/810520/exeter%20-%20all%20schemes.pdf| access-date =2 April 2011}}

The church was built between 1450 and 1470. It has a Perpendicular three-stage tower with an octagonal stair turret on the south wall. The vestry was added in the 19th century.

The interior includes a medieval carved rood-screen, with panels showing paintings of saints and stained glass from the same period. In 2013 thieves removed two panels depicting Saint Victor of Marseilles and Saint Margaret of Antioch and damaged a third. The trust believed that the panels may have been stolen for sale abroad.[{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-23681251|title=Torbryan screen panels stolen from Holy Trinity church|publisher=BBC News|date=13 August 2013|access-date=17 September 2023}} The panels were later recovered by the Metropolitan Police Art and Antiques Unit and were restored and reinstalled.{{Cite web|url=http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/what-we-do/news/torbryan-rood-screen-will-rise-again.html|title=Torbryan rood screen will rise again|website=www.visitchurches.org.uk|access-date=2018-12-05}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/jun/24/stolen-medieval-panels-restored-reinstalled-devon-church|title=Stolen medieval panels restored and reinstalled in Devon church|last=Morris|first=Steven|date=2016-06-24|work=The Guardian|access-date=2018-12-05|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}