Description

EAST HAGBOURNE CHURCH CLOSE SU5288 (South side) 14/27 Church of St. Andrew 14/06/63 (Formerly listed as Church of St. Andrews)

GV I

Church. C12 nave; C13 chancel; C14 north aisle and chapel; C15 tower, south aisle and chapel; c.1500 north and south porches. Knapped flint base; pebble dash render, probably on stone to aisle, and nave clerestory; squared random coursed limestone with areas of roughcast render to chancel; limestone ashlar to tower; lead sheet roof to aisle and porch; roof to nave, chancel and tower not visible. Mood porch on stone base to right of north aisle with ribbed and studded door. 3 two-light reticulated tracery windows to aisle and chapel. Lancet to chancel. 6 paired trefoil lancets with flat heads to clerestory. Single lancet with flat head to clerestory right. Tower to right of 2 stages with stair turret to left. Trefoil lancet to base of second stage. 2-light Perpendicular tracery louvred opening to each side of top of tower. Battlemented parapet. C20 reconstructed bellcote to left return. Right return: 3-light Perpendicular tracery window with 2-centre arched head to base of tower. Rear: wood porch on stone base to left. 3 two-light Perpendicular tracery windows with 2-centre arched heads to aisle and chapel. 6 paired trefoil lancets with flat heads to clerestory. Single lancet with flat hood to clerestory left. Left return: 3-light reticulated tracery window to right. 3-light Perpendicular tracery window with 2-centre arched head to left. 5-light rectilinear tracery window to centre. Interior: C19 reredos to chancel. Trefoil-topped piscina to right of altar. Squinch to chapel to right. Arcades of 2 two-centred arches to north and south chapels. Cusped piscina to south chapel, probably of re-used window tracery. Trefoil piscina with gabled carving and corbelled bowl to north chapel. C15 octagonal stone font on octagonal stone base with quatrefoil carving to each side with rose or amorial shield to centre, to south aisle. C15 perpendicular roof with richly carved bosses and shields. (Buildings of England, Berkshire, 1975, p.132. The Story of Hagbourne and the Church of St. Andrew,1977).

Listing NGR: SU5255488196

External Links

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