Church of St Andrew
CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, ASHFORD BOWDLER
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1383609
- Date first listed:
- 12-Nov-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Andrew
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, ASHFORD BOWDLER
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1383609
- Date first listed:
- 12-Nov-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Andrew
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, ASHFORD BOWDLER
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, ASHFORD BOWDLER
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Ashford Bowdler
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 51941 70553
Details
ASHFORD BOWDLER
SO5170 Church of St Andrew
482-1/14/24
12/11/54
GV II*
Church. C12 and C15, restored 1846, 1904 and 1907. Sandstone
rubble with ashlar dressings. Slate roof with verge with
bargeboards. Wooden turret and spire clad with wood shingles.
PLAN: chancel with north vestry, nave incorporating turret
with spire, south porch.
EXTERIOR: chancel rebuilt in 1907 incorporating Norman-style
lancets each side and a Decorated-style east window of 3
cusped lancets with rose window over. Early C20 north vestry
extension. Nave with restored opposing north and south twin
cusped lancets. C19 2-centred arched window to north.
Rubble-blocked Norman doorways to north and south walls.
Decorated-style west window of twin cusped lancets with
trefoil over. C15 2-centred arched south door with early C20
slate-roofed gabled south porch. Bell-turret remodelled 1846
to create a broach spire from a needle spire, louvred
bell-openings.
INTERIOR: chancel with early C20 trussed rafter roof and
chancel arch. Nave: plastered ceiling, piscina on south wall,
mid C19 box pews and panelling from older pews forming dado
and pulpit. Monuments: 5 mid C18 to early C19 armorial tablets
to Green family including tablet with cornice and urn to
Thomas Green d.1825 by Samuel Stead of Ludlow, and tablet with
urns and obelisk to Johnathan Green d.1792 by Stephens of
Worcester. 4 mid C18 armorial tablets to Hall family. Notable
memorial to Thomas Bourke Ricketts d.1864 with genealogical
information filling main slab and 3 additional slabs under.
Listing NGR: SO5194170553
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 484041
- 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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