Church Of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1954. Church. 2 related planning applications.
Church Of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- late-turret-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1954
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Andrew is an Anglican parish church dating to the 13th and 14th centuries, significantly restored in 1858 and 1890. It is constructed of coursed sandstone with stone slate roofs, featuring coped gables with kneelers and saddle stones or crosses. The building consists of a west tower, nave, south aisle and south chapel, chancel, south porch, and vestry.
The west tower rises in three stages on a plinth, with two small vertical lights in the first stage, a clock in the second, and a lancet with dripstone in the third. Crenellations and pinnacles top the tower, along with a weathercock. Most windows are 2- or 3-light Decorated style, though they are 19th-century reconstructions, with one lancet window in the south aisle and a 2-light window with 'Kentish' tracery in the south chapel. The east end of the chancel features stonework in deep courses, showing considerable wear. A small Norman-style light is found on the north side of the chancel.
The 19th-century south porch has a tall outer doorway with the inscription "My soul doth magnify the Lord. The Lord careth for the righteous." The inner door is plank and strap construction. Inside, the nave has a 3-bay arcade with chamfered stops on octagonal piers and foliage capitals. A rood stair entrance is also present. The steep pointed chancel arch sits on tripartite stiff-leaf corbels. The chancel features a barrel roof and a 19th-century reredos arch to the south chapel, which has a double hollow chamfer on octagonal responds. The south chapel contains a large mensa with consecration crosses and a large incised cross. A significant memorial to Sir Robert Woodroof is also located in this chapel. A south aisle window is designed in the style of Burne-Jones.
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