Description

CHALE

SZ47NE CHALE STREET
1353-0/5/64 CHURCH OF ST ANDREW
18/01/67
II*

Parish church. Chancel, south or Manor chapel and the Nave and
aisles are C14. In the C15 the Manor chapel was lengthened
eastwards, the Nave and aisles westwards and the north and
south porches and west tower added. East end of chancel added
in 1832 to make it flush with the east end of the Manor
chapel. Built of Isle of Wight stone rubble with tiled roof.
Nave, north and south aisles, south chapel, north and south
porches and west tower. West tower C15 of 2 stages coursed
stone rubble with higher octagonal stair turret and
crenellated parapet. Lancet to bell stage with quatrefoil
motif. Buttresses. Plinth. Lower stage has west window with 3
lancets with cusped heads under dripmoulding. South porch C15
of stone, gabled with round-headed arch. Interior has remains
of stone stoup with trefoil head. North porch also C15, stone
with gable and cross-shaped saddle stone. Nave has 3
cinquefoil headed lights, 1 single, 2 double. South aisle has
3 double cinquefoil-headed lights, the right hand one with
hood moulding. Interior: Nave has 2 bay south arcade with
round piers, square abacus chamfered at the corners and
pointed arches with one slight chamfer. Third bay is
Perpendicular. Entrance to rood loft c.1300. Arch to Manor
Chapel. Nave has piscina with elaborate Perpendicular
brackets. Octagonal stone font. South aisle has stone wall
monument to Richard Burleigh rector of Chale d.1734. Open
pediment at the top crowned by heaped books. Black marble oval
plaque and metal coat of arms beneath. Manor chapel has
piscina in south wall with shelf over. North wall has monument
to Sir Henry Worsley of the Bengal Army d.1841, a marble wall
plaque with crest above flanked by Bengal lancers. Oak frieze
and cusped arch. C12 round-headed arch to south chapel with
moulded impost block. Some stained glass of 1860s, rest by
C.E. Kempe in 1890s.
(B.O.E. "Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": 740).

Listing NGR: SZ4832377567

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St. Andrew's Church, Chale at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7586826

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Recommended Books

• 
  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)