Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | Ashwater Church (geograph 2701494).jpg |
Static Image Caption: | St Peter's church |
Coordinates: | 50.73°N -4.29°W |
Official Name: | Ashwater |
Shire County: | Devon |
Region: | South West England |
Post Town: | BEAWORTHY |
Postcode District: | EX21 |
Postcode Area: | EX |
Dial Code: | 01409 |
Os Grid Reference: | SX3895 |
Ashwater is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England.[1] [2] According to the 2001 census it had a population of 651 that had risen to 673 by the 2011 census.[3] [4] It is close to the Cornish border, and is about 10 miles north of Launceston.[1]
The church is thirteenth century, with fifteenth-century windows, with an arcade that mixes the two periods. The decorated font is Norman, described by Mee as "a great treasure".[5] The former rectory is a Grade II listed building.