Description

TF 91 NW LONGHAM

2/24 Church of St.Andrew
30/5/60 and St.Peter.

- II*

Parish church. Medieval and later. Flint with ashlar and some brick
dressings. Plaintile and pantile roofs. West Tower; aisleless nave with
south porch; chancel with vestry to north. Truncated west tower probably
C15 with diagonal buttresses. Canted stair projection to south. Restored
3-light Perpendicular west window with embattled transom. Partially rebuilt
bell stage with one plain arched bell opening to east and a gault brick dressed
crenellated parapet. Extensively buttressed nave with 5 3-light Perpendicular
windows with embattled transoms. Wave moulded south doorway and hollow
chamfered north doorway. Porch with a re-set C15 entrance arch with blind
traceried spandrels. Modern chancel with brick dressings and a moulded brick
cornice. 2 re-used 2-light late-Medieval south windows and a modern 3-light
east window in Perpendicular style. Wave moulded tower arch on polygonal
responds. Plain chamfered chancel arch on polygonal responds. Surviving
rood stair to south. Medieval chancel screen with carved tracery and some
traces of original paint. Modern polygonal font.

Listing NGR: TF9318716189

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17553385

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]