Church Of St Andrew

SE 27 SW 10/71 6.3.67

KIRKBY MALZEARD CHURCH STREET (east side) Church of St Andrew

GV I

Church. C12, C13, C15 and restoration in 1908 after a fire. Coursed squared stone, ashlar with lead roofs. West tower, nave with north aisle and south porch, chancel with north aisle. West tower: C15, 3 stages, plinth with carved frieze, full-height offset diagonal buttresses and buttressed stair tower rising to second stage. First stage: large Perpendicular traceried 3-light pointed arched west window with hoodmould. Second stage: a small one-light ogee-headed opening to south. Band. Belfry windows, basket arched, with 3 chamfered cusped lights and hoodmould, embattled parapet with pinnacles to corners. Nave: C13, 3 bays. Plinth, offset angle buttress to east. To west bay a gabled C13 porch with diagonal offset buttresses. Chamfered pointed arched doorway with hoodmould, to top of gable a sundial. Board inner door in C12 surround; 2 orders of columns with scalloped capitals, 3 orders of arches with zigzag decoration. Other bays have 2-light 4-centred arched Perpendicular traceried windows with hoodmoulds. Plain parapet, stone coping. Gable cross. North aisle similar. Chancel: 4 bays, plinth, diagonal offset buttress to east, between central bays an offset angle buttress. Windows similar to those in nave but slightly larger. To left of central buttress a board priests door in C13 chamfered pointed arched surround with a hoodmould. Plain parapet, stone coping, gable cross. East windows: large 5-light Perpendicular 4-centred arched traceried chancel window with hoodmould. To north aisle 2 rectangular deeply chamfered windows with hoodmoulds, one above the other. Interior: arcade of 7 bays, C13, circular piers, double-chamfered pointed arches. Chancel arch similar but the south jamb is C12. In chancel is C13 sedilia of 3 seats with buttresses, ogee arches; piscina of same date. Nave and chancel have good hammer beam roofs of 1908, good oak seats and fittings of same date. The east end of the north aisle forms a chapel with Thomson (Mouseman) furniture and panelling. To wall at east, 2 blocked up C13 lancet windows. In the vestry fragments of C15 stained glass, including parts of figures.

Listing NGR: SE2354774527