Parish Church of St. Andrew
Parish Church of St. Andrew, Boxford
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1219764
- Date first listed:
- 06-Apr-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Parish Church of St. Andrew
- Statutory Address:
- Parish Church of St. Andrew, Boxford
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1219764
- Date first listed:
- 06-Apr-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Parish Church of St. Andrew
- Statutory Address 1:
- Parish Church of St. Andrew, Boxford
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:
- Parish Church of St. Andrew, Boxford
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Boxford
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 42871 71632
Details
SU 4271
11/3
BOXFORD
BOXFORD
Parish Church of St. Andrew
6.4.67
GV
II*
Parish church. C13 and C15. West tower of c.1692. North aisle and vestry of 1841. Restored in 1908 by J.O. Scott and Sons. Nave and chancel cement rendered with Bath stone dressings and tiled roofs. Tower and north aisles of banded flint and brick with Bath stone dressings. Brick and tile porch. West tower, nave, north aisle, south porch, vestry and chancel.
Tower has three stages. First stage with diagonal buttresses to west. Embattled parapet. Six-light square headed windows on west face of first stage; one-light openings north and south on second stage and two-light square headed openings on all faces of bell chamber. Sun-dial east of bell chamber opening on south face. South side of nave has one one-light and two two-light square headed windows with cinquefoils in heads, and hood moulds. Head on one-light window probably C19. Gabled south porch with arched opening. C13 south doorway with probably medieval door. North aisle has two square headed two-light windows as those in nave. Two to north and one at east end. Chancel has C19 arched south doorway and one one-light square headed window with probably C19 cinquefoiled head and hood mould. C19 east window with panelled tracery, and hood mould with grotesque stops.
Interior. Semi-circular tower arch of c.1692 with Coat of Arms above in nave. Nave. North arcade with lozenge-shaped piers and depressed arches with continuous moulding probably by J.O. Scott of 1908. C19 font. C15 font with octagonal, panelled bowl. Early C17 pulpit. Double-framed roof with some old timbers. North aisle. C18 barrel organ at west end. C18. Chancel. Chancel arch probably of 1908. Roof of similar date. Easter Sepulchre consisting of recessed arch in north wall. Ogee headed piscina. C17 monument on north wall of Jacob Anderton. C18 Communion rails with twisted balusters. Carved head of probably C12 pillar piscina. One side smooth and three with volutes.
Listing NGR: SU4287171632
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 393681
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Berkshire, (1975), 92
Ditchfield, P H, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Berkshire, (1924), 46
Websites
British Geological Survey, Strategic Stone Study, accessed 5 February 2020 from https://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/buildingStones/StrategicStoneStudy/EH_atlases.html
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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