Parish Church Of St Andrew

TF 04 SW CULVERTHORPE AND KELBY KELBY

4/37 Parish Church of 1.2.67 St. Andrew,

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Parish church. C12, C13, C14. Tower and spire rebuilt 1850. Coursed limestone rubble and ashlar, plain tile, slate and lead roofs. West tower and spire, nave with clerestorey, north and south aisles, south porch and chancel. 2 stage west tower with chamfered string course, embattled parapet and set back spire with a single tier of gabled lucarnes. To the belfry stage are 2 light louvered openings, trefoil heads to the lights, quatrefoils and wave moulded pointed surrounds. To the ground stage are single C19 lancets to each wall. The north aisle has 2 broad blocked triangular arches in one of which is set an ogee headed doorway, and in the other a C14 panel traceried window. The clerestorey has 3 large 3.light C15 windows with 4 centred arched heads and triangular hollow chamfered surrounds. In the east wall of the nave is a further 2 light C14 panel traceried window. C19 chancel east window of 3 pointed lights in a 4 centred arched surround, and on the south side a segmental headed priest's door. The C14 south aisle has stepped and gabled buttresses. The east window is of 2 lights with cusped Y tracery, trefoils and quatrefoils. To the south is a further matching window and a plain Y-traceried 2 light window. Gabled south porch has a segmental arched outer doorway with hollow chamfered head, side benches and a pointed inner doorway with moulded hood dying into the reveals. Interior: 2 bay C12 north nave arcade with round piers and responds and double chamfered round arches on annular capitals. 3 bay C13 south arcade with octagonal piers and responds, continuously moulded into the double chamfered arches. Broad C13 double chamfered chancel arch with annular responds reset in the C19. The south arch is unusually rib vaulted, the chamfered ribs springing from annular capitals and meeting in figured bosses. At the east end is a C14 niche with trefoil head and crocketed canopy. In the south wall of the chancel is an aumbry containing a reset C14 octagonal pillar support.Fittings: Good set of C14 poppyhead benchends with blank cusped tracery. C14 large plain octagonal font with stop chamfers to the square base.

Listing NGR: TF0035941424