Church Of St Andrew

TG 22 SW BUXTON WITH LAMMAS MILL STREET (north side) 6/19 10/5/61 Church of St. Andrew, Buxton.

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Parish Church. C14 in origin, but much restored in 1881, when the tower was rebuilt entirely (date of restoration recorded on north porch). Flint with limestone dressings, slate roofs over nave, north and south porches; black glazed pantiles over chancel; lead roofs over aisles. West tower, nave, north and south aisles, north and south porches, chancel. West tower with angle buttresses and embattled parapet; polygonal stair turret on north side. Lean- to vestry, in south-west angle, with quatrefoil windows. Three Perpendicular windows on north and south of nave; bays divided by set-off buttresses with flushwork panels on south side. Angle buttresses to aisles and east wall. Quatrefoil windows in clerestorey and over chancel arch. 3-bay C14 arcades with good corbel-heads at responds : octagonal piers and double-chamfered arches. Remains of C16: screen base with original colour now re-set as part of screen to chapel at east end of south aisle. Piscina and triple sedilia C13 with plain arches under a continuous drip mould. Trefoil-headed piscina in south aisle. Good monuments in chancel to Mary Ann Kent (4l773) on south wall and to Margaret Robinson (d.1638) on north wall.

Listing NGR: TG2335122704