Listed Building: Church of St Andrew (1289054)

Parish Church. C12, C13, C14, C15. Chancel rebuilt 1828. Restored 1867. Coursed and squared ironstone with plain tile, copper, stone, slate and lead roofs. West tower, nave with clerestory and aisles, chancel, north and south porches. 2-stage west tower, early C14, has plinth, string courses and mask corbel table plus 2 angle buttresses. First stage has to the west, a restored ogee triple lancet with intersecting tracery, hood mould and mask stops. Above it, a C14 single lancet and above again, a clock. South side has a C14 single lancet. Second stage has on each side an ogee double lancet opening with Y-tracery and hood mould. Octagonal broach spire has 2 tiers of gabled lucarnes on the cardinal faces and is topped with a wind vane dated 1867. Parapeted clerestory has on each side 3 C15 ogee double lancets with flat headed reveals. 3-bay north aisle has plinth, 2 diagonal buttresses and coped ends. Flanking the porch on either side, a C15 triple lancet with flat head, hood mould and mask stops. To the right of the west window, 2 early C19 slate tablets. West end has a restored Decorated double lancet and east end a cusped triple lancet, both with flat heads and hood moulds. East end has an ogee triple lancet and south side has to east 2 similar lancets. West end has a double lancet surrounded by 7 slate tablets, late C18 and early C19. 2-bay chancel has coped east gable, angle buttresses, and sill band. North side has to west a restored C13 doorway with hood mould and to its right a small chamfered light. East end has a C14 5-light lancet with intersecting tracery, hood mould and mask stops, and a late C18 tablet below it. South side has a central coped datestone, 1828, flanked by single C19 double Decorated lancets with hood moulds. C14 north porch has coped gable with kneelers, moulded doorway with hood mould and mask stops, and a single light in each side. Interior has stone benches, arched tie-beams with bosses, early C14 roll-moulded doorway with double shafts. Restored south porch has coped gable with flanking buttresses and chamfered flat headed doorway. East side has a tiny re-set C13 single lancet. Interior has stone benches, C18 common rafter roof, and reset datestone, 1892. C12 inner doorway with zigzag and lozenge moulding, shafts with scallop capitals and hood mould. C14 tower arch, triple chamfered, has octagonal responds. C19 stained glass west window. 3-bay nave arcades, early C14, have octagonal piers with square bases to the north and octagonal bases to south. Octagonal capitals throughout. Double chamfered arches with hood moulds and mask stops to the south only. North side has to east a pointed rood loft door over a segmental C19 organ opening. Restored C15 roof with arch braces and wall shafts on beast and mask corbels. Aisles have restored moulded C15 roofs with wall shafts and bosses in north aisle. North aisle west end window has C15 glass fragments. South aisle east window has similar fragments c 1420 and c 1500. Central memorial window by Morris & Co, 1919. Blocked C14 rood loft doorway in the north east corner. Early C14 double chamfered chancel arch has octagonal responds. Chancel north side has to left a shuttered low-side window and to right, an ogee aumbry. East end has stained glass window by Powell, 1855. South-east window has 2 C19 seats in the opening and stained glass c 1900. South-west window has C19 stained glass in the head. Fittings include C14 font with panelled stem with shafts and octagonal bowl with nodding ogee headed panels. C19 ashlar pulpit in C14 style. C19 benches and stalls with fleur de lys ends. Mid C18 chest. Memorials include round-headed niche containing praying frontal demi-figure, with brass tablet on apron, to Rev Robert Bolton, 1631. Scrolled oval medallion containing painted demi-figure with tablet on apron, bracket and crest, to Harold Kynnesman, 1631. Marble and slate Classical tablet, 1790. Scrolled marble obelisk-shaped tablet with crest and inscribed roundel. 1772.

Record last edited

Dec 15 2023 2:28PM