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St Andrew

St Andrew

Farnham, Surrey

The west tower has a large four-light Perpendicular window over the west door, the latter having a four-centred arch with square hood and carved spandrels

Architectural Features

The nave has a hammer-beam roof with the trusses supported on carved head corbels and the ceiling painted blue

The sanctuary has a black and white marble floor, and is enclosed by a heavily carved altar rail with ionic columns, of probable mid-C17 date

The north chapel, dedicated to St George, is separated from the north transept by a carved parclose screen of C14 character

The south chapel is the Lady Chapel, and this too is separated from the transept by a carved parclose screen, matching that to the north

The font is located in the south transept and dates from the C15

It is octagonal, carved with sacred monograms and the symbols of the four Evangelists, standing on an octagonal columnar base

The pulpit is of oak and burr walnut and dates from the 1895, although is in an early C18 style

The stained glass is C19 and C20, the East window being by Pugin and exhibited at the Great Exhibition in 1851 before being installed in the church

The Lady Chapel contains a number of interesting wall monuments, including three C16 and C17 brasses and four C18 marble cartouches

There are many other wall monuments throughout the church, although not all in their original position

There is a particular collection in the west tower, including one to the journalist and campaigner for political reform, William Cobbett (d. 1835), and on the south-west buttress of the tower, to George Strut (d. 1927) with lettering carved by Eric Gill

The church also has eleven funeral hatchments dating from the mid C18 to the mid C19