Church of St Andrew is a Grade II* listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1952. Church. 2 related planning applications.
Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- heavy-spindle-vale
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Torbay
- Constituency
- Torbay MP: Steve Darling (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1952
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Andrew, Tor Church Road, TQ2 5UR
- OS grid reference
- SX 909 643
- Coordinates
- 50.46841, -3.53793
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Andrew, now used by the Greek Orthodox Church, is a parish church with a history spanning several centuries. The tower likely originates from the 13th century, the aisles date to the 15th century, and the building was restored in 1849. The chancel was enlarged in 1873 by John Hayward of Exeter. The church is constructed of local grey limestone and red sandstone rubble, with the chancel facing stone and roughcast externally before 1849, and has a slate roof. Some windows are granite.
The plan comprises a nave, chancel, north and south aisles, a west tower, and a south-west porch. The 19th-century chancel features a three-light traceried east window and a two-light traceried north window, along with a lean-to vestry to the south. The four-bay north aisle has buttresses at the east end and three-light 19th-century traceried windows. The south aisle, also buttressed, has three-light granite Perpendicular traceried windows and a gabled porch in the western bay with a low, chamfered doorway. The unbuttressed west tower is three stages and includes a parapet and a plain, northeast stair turret to the second stage. A chamfered west doorway opens into the tower, accompanied by a three-light Perpendicular granite traceried west window and two-light belfry openings.
Inside, according to Pevsner, there is an oak reredos by Hems of Exeter, mahogany bench ends, and stained glass in the style of Clayton & Bell by Wailes. A monument to Thomas Cary, who died in 1567, is notable for its combination of Perpendicular and early Renaissance detail. A brass memorial tablet commemorates Wilmot Cary, who died around 1561. Additional monuments record Thomas Ridgeway, who died in 1604, and George Cary, who died in 1758. A number of minor early 19th-century wall tablets are also present.
Local climate
Church of St Andrew receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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