Monument record MLI33478 - ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH

Summary

ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH

Type and Period (2)

  • (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 2050 AD)
  • (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 2050 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

Full Description

PRN 33478 ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH, WEST DEEPING, IS EARLY ENGLISH, DECORATED AND PERPENDICULAR, MUCH RESTORED IN 1876-7. IN NORMAL USE. {1}{2} EARLY ENGLISH. THREE-BAY ARCADES, BOTH OF ROUND PIERS, MOULDED CAPITALS, ROUND ABACI, AND DOUBLE-CHAMFERED ARCHES, BUT THE NORTH PIERS A LITTLE SLENDERER. THE CHANCEL ARCH EARLY ENGLISH TOO. OF THE LATE C13 THE WINDOWS IN THE WEST BAYS OF THE AISLES. SIMPLE GEOMETRICAL TRACERY (AN UNFOILED CIRCLE). EARLY C14 CHANCEL, THE WINDOWS WITH TRACERY OF A CUSPED INTERSECTING VARIETY. BALLFLOWER FRIEZE BELOW THE EAVES. SEDILIA AND PISCINA IN KEEPING. RESTORATION 1874-7 BY BUTTERFIELD, WHO REBUILT THE PORCH, ADDED A VESTRY, AND REFITTED THE INTERIOR. THE CHANCEL IS ESPECIALLY DELIGHTFUL - DECORATION BY TOWNSEND OF PETERBOROUGH, TILING IN ALL AVAILABLE COLOURS. DECORATED WEST TOWER. CLASPING BUTRESSES. ARCH TO THE NAVE TRIPLE-CHAMFERED. PERPENDICULAR BELL-OPENINGS WITH TRANSOM. RECESSED CROCKETED SPIRE WITH TWO TIERS OF LUCARNES IN THE SAME DIRECTIONS. BY BUTTERFIELD THE STONE SCREEN AND REREDOS WITH MOSAIC, THE ALTER RAILS, THE PULPIT AND THE SIMPLE WOODEN BENCHES IN THE NAVE, AND ALSO THE CHANCEL CELURE. OCTAGONAL FONT, C13? WITH PANELS WITH SHIELDS. CHANDELIER BRASS, TWO TIERS OF ARMS; 1770. STAINED GLASS IN THE CHANCEL ALL BY GIBBS, c1878. {3}

Sources/Archives (4)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. WEST DEEPING. TF 10 NW:29,1965, HARPER F R.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. WEST DEEPING. TF 10 NW:AO -.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). 2nd Rev Edn p791.
  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1987. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 513.002-3; 10/262-263.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 1090 0863 (67m by 49m)
Civil Parish WEST DEEPING, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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