Church of St Andrew
CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, MAIN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1346653
- Date first listed:
- 20-Sept-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Andrew
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, MAIN STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1346653
- Date first listed:
- 20-Sept-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Andrew
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, MAIN STREET
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, MAIN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Foston
- National Grid Reference:
- TA 10064 55819
Details
TA 15 NW FOSTON MAIN STREET
8/36 Church of St Andrew
20/9/66 - II*
Church. C12 nave, early C13 chancel, late C14 west tower. Ashlar, roughcast to nave and chancel, graduated slate roof. West tower, 4-bay nave with north aisle and south porch, 4-bay chancel. West tower of 3 stages with moulded plinth and string courses, and diagonal buttresses. 2-light belfry openings with cusped tracery under pointed heads with hood- moulds. Battlemented parapet. Boarded west door in pointed opening with continuous hollow mouldings. 3-light west window with C20 replacement mullions, cusped tracery and pointed head under hood-mould. Nave: one 3-light square-headed window with Perpendicular tracery to west, otherwise, round-headed windows to centre and east. 2-light windows with Perpendicular tracery under elliptical heads to clerestory. South door with continuous chamfer and pointed head; battlemented parapet. Chancel: 2-light pointed window to west with Geometrical tracery, otherwise 2-light square-headed windows with Perpendicular tracery. Pointed priest's door with continuous chamfer. East window of 4 lights with Perpendicular tracery under pointed head with hood-mould. Plain close verges. Interior: late C14 tower arch of 3 hollow-chamfered orders with scalloped capitals cut back to east. Early C13 north nave arcade with circular piers and abaci supporting double- chamfered pointed arches. Chancel: 3 C13 sedilia (easternmost cut away by C15 window) with pointed chamfered heads and filleted hood-mould. C12 tub font and defaced effigy of knight with crossed legs in nave west end.
Listing NGR: TA1006455819
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 166895
- 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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