Description

TF 60 NW RUNCTON HOLME SOUTH RUNCTON

8/10 Church of St. Andrew
8.7.59

- II*

Parish church. Early C12, entirely rebuilt 1838-39 by John Brown. Rendered
brick and slate roof. Nave with apsidal chancel in Neo-Norman style. West
front with giant corner pilasters. 2 orders of shafts to west door below
zig-zag arch. 2-light west window above string course under dog-tooth super-
arch flanked by one blind arch left and right similarly decorated. Bell-
cote at ridge of gable. South nave of 3 bays divided by pilasters. Each
bay has round lancet flanked by one blind lancet left and right, the latter
having necks pinched by obtrusive imposts on nook-shafts. Arches are billet
moulded. Corbel table at eaves in form of grotesque heads. Apse similar,
without decorative blind lights to windows, and with roll moulding replacing
billet. North nave similar but with one simple round-headed narrow lancet
to each bay. Apsidal vestry added to north chancel 1858, with timber parapet
and conical lead roof. Interior. Early C12 chancel arch : 2 orders shafts
on drum bases with cushion capitals just becoming scalloped. Square imposts.
Arch completely renewed with chevron and billet decoration.

Listing NGR: TF6352208938

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17555539

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]