Church Of St Andrew

BEESBY CHURCH LANE TF 48 SE 1/55 Church of St. Andrew 9-3-67

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Parish church. C13, 1841 substantial rebuilding. Red brick with ashlar dressings, squared chalk and greenstone rubble, slate roofs, timber and lead bellcote. Nave with western bellcote and chancel. All windows have cusped C19 tracery. The squared greenstone rubble west end has a 2 light window with above a louvred circular opening. Beneath the window is a C13 cross fleury grave slab. The octagonal bellcote has pointed latticed openings and a shaped lead roof. The north nave wall has 3 two light pointed windows, separated by brick buttresses. The east window is of 3 lights and in the chancel south wall, which is partly in chalk, is a blocked doorway and a 2 light window. The nave south wall is in red brick and has a pair of 2 light windows and a pointed moulded doorway. Interior. C13 double chamfered chancel arch supported on octagonal imposts having grotesque human head corbels, one seemingly with toothache. All fittings are C20 apart from the C17 octagonal font bowl with moulded rim and C14 base with bell moulded plinth.

Listing NGR: TF4641380227