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
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1952
- Type
- Church
- 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.
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