Church Of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1969. Church.
Church Of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- woven-cornice-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1969
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Andrew is a redundant church that was originally built in the 14th century. The only remaining feature of the earlier church, which was demolished in 1881, is the chancel arch. The current structure is made of blue lias and pebble random rubble with Ham stone dressings and slate roofs. It has decorative bargeboards on the gable ends and consists of a single cell located where the chancel of the earlier church stood, with a porch at the west end and a bell-cote set above on the gable end.
The porch features a lean-to hipped roof, quoins, and a shouldered entrance with an arched doorway that has a hood mould and double doors with decorative hinges. The bell-cote has a steeply pitched pyramid roof, a pierced wooden opening, and a slate-hung base, but it does not contain a bell. An arched two-light window at the east end is completely obscured by ivy. Wrought iron crosses are present on the east gable end and the bell-cote.
Inside, the notable feature is the 14th-century chancel arch on the inner face of the entrance wall. The only other points of interest are two memorial slabs set in the north wall, one for Joanne Popham who died in 1714, made of lime-washed blue lias, and another for John Buller who died in 1765, made of slate. Both slabs are distinguished by good lettering and a robustly naive use of classical motifs. Most of the Victorian floor tiles have been removed, many slates are missing, and the east end is overgrown with ivy as of the last survey in August 1983. The church was declared redundant in 1980, and the Norman front was removed to Stogursey Church in 1981.
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