Churches of the British Isles

Salterton Road Congregational Chapel stood on the north side of the road, on the east flank of the Tesco petrol station, set well back from the road. Opening after the war as Beacon Congregational Church, it became Glenorchy United Reformed Church (but see links) at the union of 1972. It closed about 2011 and was demolished by 2012, since when the site was left as a wasteland behind this temporary screen before being built up with housing between 2022-2025.

Littleham's Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses can be found on the northern side of Prince of Wales Drive, about fifty metres to the west of the Dinan Way junction. As is often the case with Jehovah's Witnesses buildings, little history appears to be available for this particular meeting. It has been there since well before 2008. This land belonged to Staffords Farm before the war and for quite some time after it too. General building may only have started in the 1970s.

The Parish Church of St Margaret & St Andrew, Littleham, sits inside a large churchyard at the north-eastern corner of the Littleham Road and Castle Lane junction. This was the original parish church for Exmouth, and the chancel still remains from the first building here was was erected about 1251. Lady Nelson is buried in the churchyard, with a church memorial to her. The nave and chantry were erected about 1350, but alterations were made in the fifteenth century.

The building consists of the chancel, a nave, north aisle, south chantry, south porch, and the tower. The later nave is misaligned with the older chancel, off by a few metres. There may have been an altar at one time at the east end of the aisle as a hagioscope sits in the short piece of wall between aisle and chancel. The north aisle was probably added about 1460. The nave has a good hammer-beam roof. In 1903 a new bell was added, bringing the number up to six.

St Andrew's Mission Church, Knowle, is on the western side of Dalditch Lane, around fifty metres to the north of the B3178 junction and the Knowle Village bus stop. Built perhaps about 1812 on land which had been part of the Manor of Dalditch, it is shown on the OS 25-inch map of 1892-1914. The 'mission' aspect was later dropped as it became a chapel-of-ease. Closure came later, followed by conversion in 2014 into a three-bed 'Church House' private residence.

Five photos on this page by P L Kessler, and one copyright © Anthony Vosper via Geograph, reused under a cc licence. Additional information from Exmouth Through Time, Christopher K Long (Amberley Books, 2013).