Church of St Andrew
CHURCH OF ST ANDREW
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1166945
- Date first listed:
- 11-Jun-1959
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Andrew
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST ANDREW
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1166945
- Date first listed:
- 11-Jun-1959
- 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:
- Leysters
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 56837 63250
Details
SO 56 SE; 8/31
LAYSTERS CP,
Church of St Andrew
11.6.59
I
Parish church. C12 nave, C13 chancel and west tower, restored during late
C19 when organ chamber and south porch added. Sandstone rubble with
dressings of the same material, C20 tiled roof. West tower, nave with south
porch and chancel with north organ chamber.
West tower: three stages with
pyramidal roof, single restored lancets to south and west, square headed
loop vents to bell stage, two to south and one to west. Nave: 2-light C19
traceried windows flank C19 south porch; C12 south doorway has moulded jambs
and shouldered lintel with a roll moulding, semicircular-headed arch and
plain tympanum. Two 2-light C19 windows to north side. Chancel: C19 trefoil
headed light with label to south to right of blocked doorway with two-centred
arched head and chamfered jambs. Three-light C19 east window.
INTERIOR:
late C14 roof to nave of eight bays with arch-braced collar-beam trusses,
moulded wall plates and two and a half tiers of cusped wind braces.
Three-bay C17 roof to chancel with open arch-braced collar-beam trusses. Plain
semicircular-headed tower arch. There is no chancel arch. Fittings: C12
font with circular tapering bowl on later base.
Listing NGR: SO5683863252
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 150521
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Inventory of Herefordshire III North West, (1934), 103
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Herefordshire, (1963), 213
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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