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St Andrew

Cotterstock

Northamptonshire

Late C12, C13, C14 chancel added after foundation of College at Cotterstock in 1337, C15 porch, restored and extended 1876

Architectural Features

Plain parapet with 2 gargoyles

2-light square head windows, in return walls, have central gargoyles above

Tierceron-vaulted ceiling with ridge ribs and fine carved bosses

Late C12 west doorway has one order of shafts with scalloped capitals and semi-circular arch with zig-zag decoration

has a carved bracket and C19 statue of St

C13 two-light bell-chamber openings with plate tracery, one order of shafts and central shafts

Interior: 2-bay nave arcade of early C13 double-chamfered arches with circular piers and octagonal capitals

Original chancel ceiling, following a shallower pitch than the gabled roof above it, has moulded beams with 5 carved bosses

Piscina and triple sedilia, to right of altar, has ogee head openings with carved label stops and crocketing

Carved bracket to left of north aisle east window

Stained glass: fragments of medieval glass in north east window of north aisle

C19 and C20 stained glass in centre and east windows of north aisle, south east and east windows of south aisle and belfry window

Perpendicular octagonal font decorated with eleborate cusping

Monuments: Defaced effigy in tower probably a C13 Canon

Robert Wintringham, Canon of Lincoln died 1420, brass effigy with architectural surround with tall pinnacles

The Chantry College was founded for a provost and 12 Canons by John Gifford, Canon of York and was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, Blessed Apostles, St

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