Church of St Andrew
CHURCH OF ST ANDREW
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1098989
- Date first listed:
- 06-Mar-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Andrew
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST ANDREW
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1098989
- Date first listed:
- 06-Mar-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Andrew
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST ANDREW
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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Pixley
- National Grid Reference:
- SO6608938804
Details
PIXLEY CP -
SO 63 NE
5/115 Church of St Andrew
6.3.67
GV II*
Parish church. Mainly C13 and C14, restored 1865. Sandstone rubble and
sandstone dressings, tiled roof; part timber-framed bell-turret with shingle
roof, timber-framed and brick south porch. Continuous two-bay chancel and
three-bay nave with slight central projection supporting west side of bell-
turret, south porch. Bell-turret has pyramidical roof and corner posts to
north-east and south-east, a pair of lozenge-shaped openings facing south
and two C19 trefoil-headed openings to west; beneath the bell-chamber is a
plain string course above a 2-light square-headed mullioned window and a
chamfered two-stage plinth. North wall has three 2-light trefoil-headed C19
windows and a large central buttress. East end has another large buttress
towards the north-east corner, a deep plinth about three feet high and two
widely spaced lancets. To the right of the south wall is a C13 window with
three chamfered lancets, to the left of which is a priests' door with a
2-centred head. West of the door are two square-headed 2-light mullioned
windows, the eastern one being much taller. C14 south porch has brick
supporting side walls, curved braces to open sides, arch-braces to the two
main trusses, the rafters are pegged at their apices. South door is in a
2-centred chamfered arch. Interior: roof has elliptical ceiling, moulded
wall-plates and three tie-beams, one under bell-turret, one across the
middle of the nave and one above the C14 oak screen which is the most signifi-
cant internal feature; central 2-centred roll-moulded pegged arch under ovolo-
moulded head beam, flanked by a chamfered rail about half-way up its jambs;
three panels to each side formed by chamfered late C19 posts. C19 quatrefoil
drain in cill of east window of south wall beneath which is a C18 (?) oak chest.
The two east lancets contain The Annunciation in Morris/Burne-Jones style
stained glass: the left is inscribed beneath the Angel:
Hail thou that art
highly favoured: the
Lord is with thee
The right, beneath the Virgin:
Behold the handmaiden
of the Lord: be it unto me
according to thy word
To the east side of the screen is a late C19 harmonium by the Bell Organ &
Piano Co Ltd of Gullph, Canada, which has elaborate back rail with fretwork
appendages and a central feature of gilded wooden immitation organ pipes.
Font has an octagonal moulded bowl and stem on a square base and is restored
or C19. The east side of the bell-turret is supported on two heavy moulded
and chamfered posts with C19 foiled braces. (RCHM Vol II, p 153-4).
Listing NGR: SO6608938804
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 152780
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Inventory of Herefordshire II East, (1932), 153-4
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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