Church of St Andrew is a Grade II* listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1967. A Medieval Parish church.
Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- gentle-pediment-woodpecker
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1967
- Type
- Parish church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Andrew, Bredwardine
- OS grid reference
- SO 334 445
- Coordinates
- 52.09483, -2.97248
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Andrew is a parish church that dates back to the early 12th century, with additions from the 14th century and late 18th century, and it was restored in 1875. It is constructed of sandstone rubble with tufa and sandstone dressings, topped with a tile roof. The early 14th century chancel is set at an angle to the early 12th century nave, while the late 18th century north tower adds to its profile.
The chancel features a restored window with two trefoiled lights in the south wall, alongside a mid-14th century triangular-headed priests' door to the west. The east wall has three trefoiled lights, and the north wall includes a single ogee-trefoiled light window, with buttresses at the corners. In the nave, the west portion contains two small early 12th century windows with semi-circular heads, flanking a 19th century timber south porch. Inside the porch is the 12th century south door, which has engaged shafts and carved cushion capitals beneath a semi-circular arch and plain tympanum, with a lintel decorated with geometric designs. The eastern part of the south wall is mid-14th century, featuring a window with three cinquefoiled lights under a two-centred head. The west wall has a string course beneath a much-restored semi-circular headed window, with traces of a blocked west door below. The north wall shows some herringbone masonry low down, above which are two semi-circular headed windows; below the western window is the blocked 12th century north door, similar to the south door and featuring a carved lintel with two grotesque monsters.
The tower has two stages set on a chamfered plinth, with a moulded string course and single lancets on each stage, topped with a crenellated parapet. Inside the nave, there are two corbels in the mid-14th century south wall, possibly for a rood screen. The chancel houses two recumbent effigies of knights from the late 14th century against the north wall, and an alabaster effigy from around 1450 against the south wall. The font is a large round bowl made of Breccia, supported by a central shaft and four subsidiary shafts, dating to the late 12th century, with a 17th century cover featuring a pierced finial. The roofs are supported by 19th century king post trusses. The reredos, pews, pulpit, and all other fittings are from the 1875 restoration.
Local climate
Church of St Andrew receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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