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Church of St Andrew

A Grade II* Listed Building in St Blazey, Cornwall

  • St Andrew: parish church adjacent to the site of a Benedictine Priory; largely rebuilt from 1880-1887 using original features & materials

  • St Andrew: south aisle with traceried three-light windows; rood loft turret is positioned at the centre

  • St Andrew: view from the east with gabled chancel & south aisle; five-light east window with intersecting tracery

  • St Andrew: west tower, c.1480, of four stages; south-east stair turret

  • St Andrew: interior with south arcade of standard Cornish piers & moulded capitals

  • St Andrew: east of nave & chancel with oak wagon roofs with carved bosses

  • St Andrew: alabaster reredos, c.1889, surmounted by the symbolic pelican

  • St Andrew: pulpit made up of c15-c16 bench ends & parts of former rood screen

  • St Andrew: memorial to Jane Pole of Shute, d.1795, wife of Philip Rashleigh of Menabilly, d.1811; relief of woman by urn

  • St Andrew: memorial to William Rashleigh of Menabilly, d.1855, & wife Caroline Hinxman of Ivychurch, d.1842

  • St Andrew: memorial to Jonathan Rashleigh of Menabilly, d.1872, & wife Mary Frances Labouchere of Broome Hall, d.1874

  • St Andrew: memorial slab to Thomas Colyns, d.1534, the last prior; slate plate with foliated cross

  • St Andrew: memorial slab to Joan, d.1636, wife of William Baker? of Kilmarth in this parish

  • St Andrew: memorial to Robert Harris of Lanrest, d.1655, Major-General of the King’s forces & Honor, his sister, d.1653

  • St Andrew: memorial to John Sheere of Bridgerule, d.1666 at Menabilly

  • St Andrew: memorial to Alice Rashleigh of Menabilly, married name Courtenay, d.1659

  • St Andrew: c17 heraldic bench ends now fixed on a screen; all featuring the Rashleighs of Menabilly

  • St Andrew: heraldic bench end; right hand panel depicts the arms of John Rashleigh of Menabilly, d.1624, impaling Alice Bonython of Carclew, d.1606

  • St Andrew: heraldic bench end; panels depict the arms of Jonathan Rashleigh, d.1675, impaling Mary Harris of Lanrest, d.1675, & Anne Bassett of Umberleigh, d.1631

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Entry Name: Church of St Andrew

Listing Date: 28 November 1950

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1212463

English Heritage Legacy ID: 396956

ID on this website: 101212463

Location: St Andrew's Church, Tywardreath, Cornwall, PL24

County: Cornwall

Civil Parish: Tywardreath and Par

Built-Up Area: St Blazey

Traditional County: Cornwall

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall

Church of England Parish: Tywardreath

Church of England Diocese: Truro

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