Description

SP 0049 CLEEVE PRIOR THE GREEN
4/20

30.7.59 Church of St Andrew
GV
II*

Church C12 to C14 restored 1863 by E Christian. Blue lias stone. West tower, nave,
chancel and small South transept added in C18. Tower mid to later C14, 3-stage with
diagonal buttresses up to bell stage, 2-light cinquefoil cusped bell openings, renewed
Perp style West window, original crocketted openings to 2nd stage and to small stair
lights and rebuilt parapet and pinnacles. Nave with stone tiled roof; 3 EE lancets
and pointed arched door to South; 2 lancets, arched door and small square window to
North. Moulded tower arch. C15 arch braced collar roof. South transept rendered
with small stone framed leaded lights. Chancel largely of 1863 with steep plain tile
roof. Three-light East window with quatrefoil head, 2 cusped trefoil head windows,
two 2-light windows with quatrefoil heads. Plain chamfered South door with
hoodmould.

C14 font on older base, some C13 bench ends and fragments of C15 glass in North
window. Chancel wall monument to T Bushell d.1713.
East window and one chancel South window of c.1870, one chancel North window of c.1856
and one nave window early C20 signed B Warren.

Listing NGR: SP0878249324

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17548344

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  For the Record
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)