Church Of St Andrew is a Grade II* listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1966. A Medieval Church.
Church Of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- winter-gallery-rye
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1966
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Andrew is a church that dates from the 12th to the 15th century, with restorations carried out in 1864 and 1889, and a vestry added in 1906. It is constructed of coursed rubble stone and ashlar, topped with a leaded roof that is partly parapetted. The building features stone-coped gables and a stone stack on the vestry, while the south porch has a Collyweston slate roof.
The church includes a west tower and spire, nave, aisles, chancel, southeast vestry, and south porch. The late 13th-century west tower incorporates a small section of Norman herringbone masonry and is divided into three stages, with angle buttresses that have set-offs. It has a west lancet window, a lancet window to the north on the second stage, and four paired bell openings with bar tracery. The tower also features shafts and dog-tooth decoration on the arches, a corbel-table adorned with heads and small arches, and a ball flower frieze above. The broach spire has remnants of corner pinnacles, clock faces on the west and south sides, two tiers of lucarnes, and a finial topped with a weathercock.
Inside, the nave arch is triple-chamfered and supported by tripartite shafts with moulded capitals. The north arcade consists of three bays with double-chamfered arches on octagonal piers, one of which has a foliage frieze and heads, while the north respond features a small naked man. The south arcade also has three bays with double-chamfered arches on quatrefoil piers. The clerestory is of the Perpendicular style, with three 3-light windows on either side. The nave has a low-pitch tie-beam roof with five bays, dated 1774 and 1743, possibly from a restoration.
The north aisle includes a flat-topped northwest window, three north windows, two flat-topped windows, a north door, and a northeast lancet. The northeast window has stained glass from 1856, while the northeast lancet features 19th-century stained glass. There is a piscina present, and the chancel arch is double chamfered with polygonal responds. The chancel has a north window, a blocked north door, an east window with stained glass from 1889, and a one-light window above, along with a likely 19th-century three-bay low-pitch tie-beam roof. The southeast area contains the vestry and a south chancel chapel with a four-light Perpendicular window. The south aisle features two flat-topped windows, with stained glass dating from 1872 and around 1900. The south porch has a doorway with a double chamfered arch and a richly moulded south door. Inside, there is a small piece of stone cross shaft with an interlaced design and a panel displaying the Royal Arms, which is likely Georgian but features unusual heraldry. Additionally, there is a partly 17th-century hexagonal oak pulpit on a 19th-century base.
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