Church of St Andrew
CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, CHURCH ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1278485
- Date first listed:
- 21-Feb-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Andrew
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, CHURCH ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1278485
- Date first listed:
- 21-Feb-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Andrew
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, CHURCH 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, CHURCH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Uttlesford (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Hempstead
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 63504 37996
Details
HEMPSTEAD CHURCH ROAD 1. 5222 (north side) Church of St Andrew TL 6337 33/386 21.2.67
II* GV
2. Mid C14 stone rubble church (consecrated in 1365). The west tower (C15) collapsed in 1882 and was rebuilt in 1933 in memory of William Harvey (1578-1657), physician to James I and Charles I and the discoverer of the circulation of the blood. The north and south arcades have quatrefoil piers and 2 centred arches. The north and south aisles were rebuilt in the C19. The chancel is C15, with a C16 brick east wall and window. The north vestry and chapel were added in the Cl7. William Harvey was buried, at first in the family vault beneath the north chapel which contains 13 remarkable lead coffins with modelled faces on them, and later was removed to the massive Carrava marble Sarcophagus, repaired by the Royal College of Physicians in 1883, in the north chapel. The font is C14. There are also a number of monuments to the Harvey family from the C17 to the C19. The church contains a brass of a Knight and Lady of circa 1500 in the north chapel and C15 and C16 brasses in the nave. The church is situated apart from the village centre. Graded for its historical value, its interior features and its association with William Harvey. (RCHM 1).
Listing NGR: TL6350437996
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 405642
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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