Dartmouth is a sheltered and picturesque harbour town located in hilly country approximately 13 miles SE of Totnes, on the main coastal road from Exeter to Plymouth. The church, now surrounded by buildings mostly of later period, is built on a rise over looking the Victorian quay. The main approach is through the S porch. The church has undergone numerous alterations over the centuries, from the fifteenth to the twentieth. However, it retains some remarkable early features -- a handsome late 15th c. rood screen, still in the original position, an ornate and colourful Elizabethan altar (replacing a medieval stone altar) and an Elizabethan oak pulpit.