Description

WRETHAM
TL 98 NW
5/61 ILLINGTON
CHURCH OF ST ANDREW

16.7.58 II*

Parish church. Mostly early C15, restored 1887. West tower 3 storeys with
set-off buttresses and flat stair turret on S.E. corner. Pierced ringing
chamber ventilation panels. 2-light belfry windows and flushwork battlements.
Nave and chancel windows much restored. 2 C12 interior splay windows to
north and south. Large mullioned window blocks remain of south arcade
opening. Perpendicular east and west windows. Interior has perpendicular
chancel arch with wave mouldings and semi-octagonal piers. Nave roof of
4 bays with hammerbeams, collars and collar braces. 2 butt purlins. Some
timbers renewed. Chancel roof of small hammerbeam posts supporting arched
braces only. Principal rafters intact with four collar beams. All roof
timbers extensively rebuilt using original material in 1887.

Listing NGR: TL9481189994

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17553652

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper