Church of St Andrew
CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, LOWER HARLESTONE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1067076
- Date first listed:
- 02-Nov-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Andrew
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, LOWER HARLESTONE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1067076
- Date first listed:
- 02-Nov-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Andrew
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, LOWER HARLESTONE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, LOWER HARLESTONE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- West Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Harlestone
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 70084 64612
Details
SP7064 HARLESTONE LOWER HARLESTONE
23/169 Church of St. Andrew 02/11/54 - I
Church. C14, restored in 1853 by Sir G.G. Scott. Lias ashlar with lead and plain tiled roofs. Aisled nave, chancel and west tower. Chancel, south elevation of 3-window range with two 2-light square headed windows; tall lancet to left with small single-light window below. 5-light east window dates from 1853 restoration. North elevation similar. South door to chancel has moulded shafts and stops to hood mould. Steep gabled roof, plain tiled with ashlar gable parapets, kneelers and finial. South aisle: 3-window range of 3-light C14 ogee headed windows with reticulated tracery, similar 2- and 3-light east and west windows. Lean-to lead roof with ashlar parapets. C14 gabled porch between windows 1 and 2 from left has double chamfered entrance with niche above. C19 ribbed door. North aisle similar. Nave clerestory has four 2-light Perpendicular windows with 4-centred heads. Shallow gabled roof with ashlar parapets and finial. West tower of 2 stages with intermediate string courses. Single lancets in first stage. Double lancet bell openings in each face of second stage. Plain parapet above on corbel table with plain cylindrical pinnacles at corners. Interior: Chamfered chancel arch; sedilia on north wall with crocketted gables; piscina in south-east angle on corbel. Nave arcade of 2 bays with chamfered arches on octagonal piers with concave sides. Crypt under chancel of 2 bays with chamfered rib vault. Stained glass, in east window by Burlison and Grylls 1897. Font, circular with 4 heads projecting from base, probably C13. Pulpit, incorporates C16 Flemish panels. Communion rail is Jacobean with turned balusters. Monuments: Portrait bust of man with flowing hair remains of memorial to Robert Andrew died 1667. Tablet to Sir Salathiel Lovell, died 1713 by Edward Stanton. Many other marble tablets. (Buildings of England : Northamptonshire, p.246).
Listing NGR: SP7008464612
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 360158
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, (1961), 246
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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