Church of St Andrew
CHURCH OF ST ANDREW
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1099515
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jan-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:
- 1099515
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jan-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:
- Bredwardine
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 33476 44500
Details
SO 34 SW BREDWARDINE CP BREDWARDINE
6/13 Church of St Andrew 26/1/57
GV II*
Parish church. Early C12, C14, late C18, restored 1875. Sandstone rubble with tufa and sandstone dressings, tile roof. Early C14 chancel at angle to early C12 nave, late C18 north tower. Chancel entirely early C14 with a restored window of 2 trefoiled lights in south wall, and mid-C14 triangular headed priests' door to west of it; east wall: 3 trefoiled lights; north wall: single ogee-trefoiled light window, corners buttressed. Nave: west portion has 2 small early C12 windows under semi-circular heads flanking the C19 timber south porch, within which is the C12 south door with engaged shafts and carved cushion capitals below a semi-circular arch and plain tympanum, the lintel is carved with geometrical designs; eastern portion of south wall is mid-C14 with a window of 3 cinquefoiled lights under a 2 centred head; west wall: string course beneath a much restored semi-circular headed window, below are traces of a blocked west door; north wall: some herringbone masonry low down in wall, above are 2 semi-circular headed windows, below the western one the blocked C12 north door, similar to south door with carved lintel which includes 2 grotesque monsters. Tower: 2 stages on chamfered plinth, with moulded string course; single lancets to each stage, crenellated parapet. Interior: nave: 2 corbels in mid-C14 south wall, for rood screen (?). Chancel: 2 recumbent effigies of knights, late C14 against north wall, circa 1450 alabaster against south wall. Font: large round bowl of Breccia supported on a central and four subsidiary shafts, late C12; cover: C17 with pierced finial. Roofs: C19 king post trusses. Reredos, pews, pulpit and all the usual fittings belong to the 1875 restoration. (RCHM I, pp 25/26).
Listing NGR: SO3347644500
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 153634
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Inventory of Herefordshire I South West, (1931), 25-26
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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