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Church of St Andrew

A Grade II* Listed Building in Dalton-le-Dale, County Durham

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.8255 / 54°49'31"N

Longitude: -1.3665 / 1°21'59"W

OS Eastings: 440797

OS Northings: 548034

OS Grid: NZ407480

Mapcode National: GBR LDWM.YZ

Mapcode Global: WHD5K.ZZF2

Plus Code: 9C6WRJGM+59

Entry Name: Church of St Andrew

Listing Date: 20 February 1967

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1231690

English Heritage Legacy ID: 406877

ID on this website: 101231690

Location: Dalton-le-Dale, County Durham, SR7

County: County Durham

Civil Parish: Dalton-le-Dale

Traditional County: Durham

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): County Durham

Church of England Parish: Dalton le Dale

Church of England Diocese: Durham

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Description


NZ 44 NW DALTON-LE-DALE THE DENE
(South side)

4/4 Church of St. Andrew
20.2.67
II*

Church. Romanesque with mainly C13 features. Extensive restoration by C. Hodgson
Fowler in 1907 when bellcote, porch and vestry were added. Snecked rubble. C20
Welsh slate roof. Aisleless nave and continuous chancel, south porch and north
vestry. 2-bay chancel has pointed-arched priest's door and trefoiled low-side
window in south wall; plate-tracery window in north wall to east of vestry and
trefoiled low-side window to west. Buttressed east end with 3 stepped lancets in
hollow-chamfered reveals. 4-bay nave has pilaster-buttressed bay divisions and
tall lancets under hoodmoulds with trefoiled rear-arches. Sculptured fragments
built into masonry include part of a Saxon cross-shaft and a C17 sundial. South
door within porch is set in a roll-moulded pointed arch of 2 orders, shafts missing.
North wall has chamfered plinth and a late Romanesque doorway of 3 orders with
chevron and worn scalloped capitals, shafts missing. Single tall lancet in west
end and bellcote above.

Interior: gutted and plastered. Panelled nave ceiling, shallow wagon roof to chancel;
minimal wooden chancel screen. Recumbent alabaster effigy of Sir William Bowes,
died 1420, in armour on decorated chest tomb, is now set against a 4-centred recess
possibly for Easter sepulchre. Mutilated female effigy in front of low arch in
north wall. Aumbry and trefoiled piscina in chancel south wall. Late medieval
round font with floral border on replaced stem. Relief Roman numerals on north wall
said to be remnants of a ray sundial.


Listing NGR: NZ4079748034

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