Church Of St Andrew

CARLTON SK30 SE MAIN STREET (South Side) 4/11 Church of St. Andrew

GV II

Church. Rebuilt 1764 and Gothicized in 1867 by H. Goddard & Son. Brick with limestone dressings, including plinth which may be the relic of a Mediaeval building, Swithland Slate Roofs with cresting. West tower nave and chancel. West tower entirely of 1867 with clasping buttresses, western lancet and quatrefoil above, tripartite arcading to bell chamber, the outer lower arches blind. Saddleback roof of Welsh slate with ridge cresting. Door in its north wall. South arcade has paired trefoiled lights with hoodmoulds. Gabled vestry to south of chancel which has east window of 3 lights with roundels. Narrow lancet in north wall of chancel. Plain interior: tower arch rids stilted outer chamfer and hoodmould, and this detail is reflected in the chancel arch also. Elaborate nave roof of kingpost construction with ornate tracery filling the spandrels and inscriptions on the west and east tie beams. Chancel roof has scissor braced common rafters. Furnishings date from the restoration of 1867: pews, stone pulpit and font. Encaustic floor tiles to chancel, and altar rails with cusped tracery. Stained glass: north window by Theodora Salisbury of 1920, a war memorial depicting Saints Gabriel and Michael, and in the chancel north wall two saints in the lancets, Mediaeval style, 1909. Simple emblems and flower quarries in east window.

Listing NGR: SK3965004986