Description

749/3/7 OLD CHURCH ROAD
15-APR-52 (North side)
PARISH CHURCH OF ST ANDREW

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Revision Number: 2

OLD CHURCH ROAD
5121
(North Side)
Parish Church of
St Andrew
ST 47 SW 3/7 5.4.52.
A
2.
At the west end of the town, set on a hillside above the road. Cruciform medieval
church with central tower retaining a C12 corbel-table and paired openings.
C17 top to tower. C12 corbel-table to chancel. Inside, the crossing arches
to north and east are also C12. Peculiar late Romanesque chevron detail to chancel
arch. Shafts with carved capitals to jambs, hoodmould to arch. Other crossing
arches later. Early C14 south nave arcade. Perpendicular clerestory. Most of
interior (especially the roofs) was extensively restored in C19. Late medieval
incised slab in chancel. Arthur Hallam the subject of Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'
is buried in the south transept.

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Listing NGR: ST3937270827

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Church of St Andrew, Clevedon at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5117354

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)