Luton, Teignbridge

Village in Devon, England

Human settlement in England

Bishopsteignton

District

Teignbridge

Ceremonial county

Devon

Region

South West

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Teignbridge

List of places: UK; England; Devon

50°34′53″N 3°33′08″W / 50.581424°N 3.552122°W / 50.581424; -3.552122

Luton is a village in Devon, England, within Teignbridge local authority area. Historically Luton formed part of Ashcombe Hundred.^[1]

The village is in the parish of Bishopsteignton, but has a chapel of ease, dedicated to St John the Evangelist, built in the 19th century. The village is within Kenn Deanery for ecclesiastical purposes.

The chapel is a Grade II listed building,^[2] as are the lych gate^[3] and a tomb in the churchyard.^[4] Other listed buildings in the village include the Old Mill, a former watermill inoperative since the 1880s and now a private house,^[5] and Ivy Cottage, a 17th- or 18th-century thatched cottage.^[6]

The village contains a public house, the Elizabethan Inn.^[7]

References

^ Devon Libraries information Archived 30 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1147651)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ Historic England. "Lychgate to Chapel of St John the Evangelist (Grade II) (1097766)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
^ Historic England. "Ficklin chest tomb and railings – immediately south of the south side of Luton Chapel (Grade II) (1097765)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
^ Historic England. "The Old Mill (Grade II) (1147668)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
^ Historic England. "Ivy Cottage (Grade II) (1333900)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
^ "Home Page". Elizabethan Inn. Retrieved 31 May 2020.