Church Of St Andrew And All Saints, Willingale Spain

TL 50 NE WILLINGALE VILLAGE STREET, (West sisde), 5/116 Church of St. Andrew and 20.2.67 All Saints, Willingale Spain GV II*

Parish Church, nave of C12, chancel of C15 and vestry and porch of C19 when some restoration took place. Of flint rubble, coursed in nave walling, with some freestone and pudding stone with clunch and Roman brick dressings. Roofs are gabled in peg tiles. The chancel has C19 east window of 3 lights of Decorated character. The north wall has 2, C15 two light windows with cinquefoiled heads and moulded labels with between, remnants of blocked doorway. The south wall has 2 similar windows and a restored C15 doorway. The C15 chancel arch is of 2 chamfered orders with attached, semi-octagonal shafts with moulded capitals and bases, grooved for former road screen. The nave has, in the north wall two C12 high placed, semi-circular headed windows and C12 door opening with C19 door with fine C12 scrolled ironwork. The south wall has 3 windows; a C13 lancet, a C14 two cinquefoiled light window with tracery in square head and a C12 small light. The south doorway is of the C12 with square jambs of stone and Roman brick and semi-circular head. In west wall is a probably C17 semi-circular leaded windowof brick. 'Portal' type bell frame now of only one frame but with double arched bracing to tiebeam, the inner pair, cusped. This now helps to support a white weatherboarded bell chamber with small weatherboarded spire. C19 white weatherboarded porch on south. Font of late C14 octagonal with quatrefoils in circles and alternate roses and heads on panels. Stem has trefoiled panels. C15 piscinae in chancel and oolite altar slab with grooved and chamfered edge and recut consecration crosses. Included for Architectural, Historic, Townscape and Group Value. (RCHM 1).

Listing NGR: TL5962507313