Description

NY 37 SE KIRKANDREWS KIRKANDREWS ON ESK

14/70 Church of St Andrew

1.4.57 II*

Church. Dated 1776, on medieval site, restored 1893. Red sandstone ashlar
walls on plinth, string courses and dentilled triangular gable pediments;
graduated slate roof with coped gables. 3-bay nave/chancel aligned on a
north-south axis, with south bellcote tower; Italian style. South entrance has
3-panel double doors and round-head radial fanlight; engaged Tuscan columns with
triangular moulded pediment. Flanking round-headed windows, square-windows
above. Square tower has sundial dated 1918 replacing clock, with commemorative
inscription, corresponding round recesses to other faces; surmounted by lead
domed cupola on open columns and moulded entablature; weather vane has cut
lettering R.G. 1635 and F.G. 1951 (former church, rebuilt by Sir Richard Graham
1635-37 and repaired by Sir Fergus Graham 1951, hence the initials and dates).
Nave has large round-headed windows in recessed round arches; tripartite north
window; dentilled pediment carried round as cornice. Interior; C18 wooden
panelled walls and panelled plaster ceiling; rood screen, supported on Corinthian
fluted columns, and reredos are by Temple Moore. Organ cases flank chancel arch.

Listing NGR: NY3911071982

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17541528

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)