Kenton, Devon

Kenton is a village and civil parish in the Teignbridge district, near Exeter, the county town of Devon, England.

The centre of the village was rebuilt in brick immediately after a fire on 16 April 1856 which destroyed 24 dwellings.

[1][2] The 14th-century All Saints Church is built of red sandstone with arcades of Beer stone.

John Betjeman judged it to be "the full-aisled Devon plan at its best", with a "handsome" tower, and praised the rood screen, which retains ancient colour, and the figure-paintings.

[4] The tower clock, installed in 1900, chimes on the hours and the quarters throughout the day and night; in 2021 it was muffled when Teignbridge Council determined that it exceeded legally permitted noise levels.