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Church of St Andrew

A Grade I Listed Building in Ashburton, Devon

  • St Andrew: church mostly rebuilt early c15 with embattled aisles & tall 92ft tower

  • St Andrew: view from the south-east showing elementary Perpendicular window tracery

  • St Andrew: church reached through an iron gate of c.1700; early c15 tower in grey granite, polygonal turret, set back buttresses, octagonal pinnacles

  • St Andrew: west door with three niches dating from c14 inserted into the c15 tower

  • St Andrew: nave with tall octagonal piers & double chamfered arches; older furnishings including screen removed c.1775, much restored 1882-1883

  • St Andrew: carved c15 bosses in north-east Lady chapel; gilded & painted in 1972

  • St Andrew: modern (1974) memorial window in the north transept depicting the martyrdom of St Blaise

  • St Andrew: oak chest made 1483, bound & clamped with iron

  • St Andrew: arms of John Harris of Hayne, d.1767, a benefactor of the church

  • St Andrew: memorial to John Dunning, first Baron Ashburton, barrister & politician, d.1783

  • St Andrew: memorial to two daughters, d.1859, of Captain Thomas Eales Rogers of Calcutta (c.1804-1873)

  • St Andrew: inscription from the memorial to Emblyn Ellen & Sarah Jane, both d.1859, daughters of Captain T.E. Rogers of Calcutta

  • St Andrew: brass memorial to Robert Caunter of Ashburton, d.1643; arms surrounded by by wreath of ivy leaves

  • St Andrew: one of three external memorial slabs to the Wintor family; John Wintor, d.1772 aged 68

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Entry Name: Church of St Andrew

Listing Date: 7 August 1951

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1201040

English Heritage Legacy ID: 376188

ID on this website: 101201040

Location: St Andrew's Church, Ashburton, Teignbridge, Devon, TQ13

County: Devon

District: Teignbridge

Civil Parish: Ashburton

Built-Up Area: Ashburton

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Ashburton St Andrew

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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