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Church of St Andrew

A Grade I Listed Building in Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire

  • St Andrew, Kimbolton

  • St Andrew: Decorated & Perpendicular church noted for its c14 broach spire

  • St Andrew: c15 porch & early c14 tower with octagonal broach spire (150 feet)

  • St Andrew: c13 nave looking towards c.1500 chancel (heavy Victorian restoration); clerestory added c.1370

  • St Andrew: c13 north arcade with nailhead ornament alternating with round & octagonal piers

  • St Andrew: c13 south arcade, slightly later than the north; c15 screen to south chapel

  • St Andrew: angel in south chapel roof

  • St Andrew: oak screen (discovered in 1937) with late c15 paintings of saints; Virgin Mary with mother Anne, St Michael, St Edmund & Edward the Confessor

  • St Andrew: monument to Isabella Smyth (nee Rich), 1632

  • St Andrew: monument to Henry Montagu, first Earl of Manchester, d.1642

  • St Andrew: shield from the monument to Henry Montagu, first Earl of Manchester, d.1642

  • St Andrew: monument to Anne (nee Rich) d.1642, second wife of Edward, second Earl of Manchester

  • St Andrew: inscription from monument to Anne (nee Rich) d.1642

  • St Andrew: monument to Essex (nee Cheeke) d.1658, third wife of Edward, second earl of Manchester

  • St Andrew: inscription from monument to Essex (Cheeke), d.1658

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Entry Name: Church of St Andrew

Listing Date: 14 May 1959

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1210885

English Heritage Legacy ID: 395463

ID on this website: 101210885

Location: St Andrew's Church, Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, PE28

County: Cambridgeshire

District: Huntingdonshire

Civil Parish: Kimbolton

Built-Up Area: Kimbolton

Traditional County: Huntingdonshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cambridgeshire

Church of England Parish: Kimbolton St Andrew

Church of England Diocese: Ely

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