Description

STEWTON CHURCH LANE TF 38 NE (south side) 8/76 Church of St Andrew 9.3.67 - II*

Parish church. Cll, C12, C14, c.1866 by James Fowler, 1902. Greenstone rubble, limestone ashlar, red brick. Slate roofs with stone coped gables with cross finials, gabled C19 bellcote with round headed bell opening with moulded head, imposts and bell. West porch, nave with west bellcote and south porch converted into vestry, chancel. Gabled west porch of 1902 with round headed doorway with moulded head, hood mould and label stops, single flanking shafts with ornate waterleaf capitals. Plaque dated 1902 and inscribed with names of rector and church wardens in south wall. 2 weathered, carved Cll fragments reset in north wall. Porch interior with C19 round headed doorway with keeled rolls, hood mould and label stops, single shafts with ornate capitals and double plank doors. C19 wheel window above porch with trefoil headed openings divided by shafts with moulded bases and ornate capitals. Small oculus above. North side of Cll nave with blocked Cll doorway to west with round headed tympanum, 2 voussoirs to east and plain rectangular jambs. C14 window to east with flattened triangular head, 3 cusped, pointed ligts and mullions partially restored in C19. North side of chancel, plain. East end of chancel flanked by 2 stage angle buttresses with large keystone of medieval rib vault reset below C19 window of 3 narrow round headed lights, that in centre taller, con- tinuous hood mould. Fragment of C12 moulding including band of dogtooth reset above window. South side of chancel with C19 rectangular window with cham- fered surround and medieval sill. South side of nave C19 window to east with flattened triangular head and 3 pointed cusped lights. Cll window to west, a round headed slit light made up of 4 large stones. Gabled C19 porch with south wall blocked with C20 red brick and a small round headed light inserted. East side of porch with C19 rectangular window with chamfered surround. Cll south doorway inside blocked porch with round voussoired head, plain tympanum, chamfered imposts and rectangular jambs. Doorway viewed from nave interior with C19 round voussoired head and rectangular jambs re-using Cll masonry. North wall of nave interior with Cll voussoired round head of blocked doorway. Cll chancel arch restored in C19 with round voussoired head, chamfered imposts with scored line decoration and rectangular jambs. Moulded string course runs from just below impost level to north wall with broad, blocked round headed recess below. Chancel with C14 beareed head reset on north wall. East window with nook shafts, ornate waterleaf capitals, hood mould and ornate label stops. C19 stone altar supported on 2 large round shafts with cushion capitals. C19 pews, roofs, brass lectern and pulpit on ashlar base. C19 font with octagonal bowl supported on a cluster of 4 shafts and with orenate wooden hood.

Listing NGR: TF3620887151

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)