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Church of St Andrew

A Grade I Listed Building in Chew Magna, Bath and North East Somerset

  • St Andrew: churchyard setting with late medieval cross on an octagonal plinth

  • St Andrew: externally almost entirely Perpendicular, completed by 1500

  • St Andrew: four-stage tower, c.1440, repaired 1541; setback buttresses, pierced parapet

  • St Andrew: c15 south door with wrought iron hinges; some Norman work surrounding it

  • St Andrew: nave with Early English south arcade of hexagonal piers, rest Perpendicular

  • St Andrew: chancel arch with Royal Arms above; c15 screen of two-light divisions with four-centred heads

  • St Andrew: known as the de Hauteville monument but in reality an unidentified knight, probably early c15 though could have been made as late as c17; repainted 1860s

  • St Andrew: monument to John St Loe, d.1447, & probably his second wife Agnes; quatrefoils containing shields

  • St Andrew: John St Loe of Sutton Court, d.1447; Lancastrian SS collar

  • St Andrew: probably Agnes, second wife of John St Loe of Sutton Court

  • St Andrew: monument to Edward Baber, d.1578, & wife Catherine (Leigh), d.1601, constructed early c17

  • St Andrew: Edward Baber of Chew Court, d.1578

  • St Andrew: main inscription plate from the monument to Edward Baber of Chew Court, d.1578

  • St Andrew: Catherine (Leigh of Stoneleigh), d.1601, wife of Edward Baber of Chew Court, d.1578

  • St Andrew: shield from the monument to Edward Baber, d.1578

  • St Andrew: supplementary inscription plate from the monument to Edward Baber relating to his son Francis, d.1643

  • St Andrew: supplementary inscription plate from the monument to Edward Baber relating to his daughter-in-law Anne (nee Whitmore of Appleby), d.1650

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Entry Name: Church of St Andrew

Listing Date: 21 September 1960

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1129613

English Heritage Legacy ID: 32918

ID on this website: 101129613

Location: St Andrew's Church, Chew Magna, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, BS40

County: Bath and North East Somerset

Civil Parish: Chew Magna

Built-Up Area: Chew Magna

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

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