St Paul, Devonport
The church of St Paul at Morice Square, Devonport, begun in 1849, was designed by J.P. St Aubyn (devonportonline). It was badly damaged in WWII and eventually demolished in 1958.
Lectern – Journal article (The British Architect, 1891) E. Sedding designer; 1891
Some important early work by Rashleigh, Pinwill & Co. is not recorded in the photographs at PWDRO, including this piece. Fortunately, it is described in The British Architect as ‘a new oak lectern… executed by Rashleigh, Pinwill & Co., of Plymouth, from designs by Mr. Edmund Sedding’. A newspaper report in the Western Morning News further reveals that it was a ‘very handsome oak eagle lectern’. This is one of only three eagle lecterns known to have been carved by the Pinwills, the others being at Brooking and Yealmpton, both in Devon.
Sources
The British Architect (1891) Summary of News. 26 June p. 502.
Western Morning News (1891) West of England News. 2 July p. 5.