Church of St Andrew
CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, AMESBURY ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1181917
- Date first listed:
- 18-Feb-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Andrew
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, AMESBURY ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1181917
- Date first listed:
- 18-Feb-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Andrew
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, AMESBURY ROAD
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, AMESBURY ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Shrewton
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 07349 43115
Details
SHREWTON AMESBURY ROAD, Rollestone SU 04 SE (off west side) 3/225 Church of St. Andrew 18/2/52 GV II* - Anglican parish church. Early C13 nave, mid-C13 chancel, restoration of 1845. Limestone and flint chequers, tiled roof with coped verge to west, timber bellcote. Consists of nave, small chancel, south porch and bellcote over west end. Gabled south porch has coped verge to tiled roof, C19 Tudor-arched doorway has hoodmould with foliated terminals. To right is large 4-light Perpendicular window of c1500 with hoodmould with carved head terminals, east gable of nave has cusped wooden barge boards. South side of chancel has single lancet, east end has C19 2-light pointed window with hoodmould and small lancet over, north side has single lancet with hoodmould. North side of nave is rendered and has one fine 3-light Perpendicular window of c1400, with hoodmould and carved head terminals, to right is blocked chamfered pointed doorway. West end has one 2-light C16 window with cusped lights and square head, above is one small lancet. Interior: Plain plastered walls and stone floor. Nave has very shallow pitched ceiling on C16 cambered moulded beams, chancel has pointed barrel-vaulted roof. Double-chamfered chancel arch on C19 carved head corbels. Fine fittings include early C13 cylindrical font with Cl7 crown cover, C17 pews have wainscot-panelled backs, Cl7 bench ends with fine strapwork and reeded decoration and semi- circular heads were brought here from St. Catherine at Haydon in Dorset in 1981. C17 communion rails with turned balusters. Heraldic stained glass is said to be Cl7. (N. Pevsner, Buildings of England: Wiltshire, 1975. Unpublished records of RCHM (England), Salisbury).
Listing NGR: SU0734943115
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 319833
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Wiltshire, (1975)
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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