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The Priory Church of St Andrews'

The Priory Church Of St Andrews'

Hexham

Northumberland

The choir, transepts and tower are circa 1180

Architectural Features

the nave was burnt 1296 and rebuilt in 1908 by Temple Moor.

fragments of possibly late-Saxon apse below.

Early C15 sedilia with painted panels, including the dance of death.

Delicate Rood Screen with panel painting and rich woodwork.

Misericords in stalls.

Font at west end of nave with, for base, part of a pilier cantonne from the north transept with a dog tooth central shaft.

Interior also contains several monuments: relief of a Roman standard bearer