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St Andrew

St Andrew

Cranford St. Andrew

Northamptonshire

Late C12 origin, tower late C13, alterations and additions of C14, C15 and 1674, restoration and north transept 1847

Architectural Features

Interior: late C12 3- bay north nave arcade of round single-stepped arches carried on cylindrical columns with plain round capitals

Richly-moulded C13 pointed tower arch of 4 chamfered orders

Plainer C14 chancel arch of 2 chamfered orders on polygonal responds, the south one of ironstone

Heavily-restored nave roof (probably only tie-beams are pre-C19) with king posts, tracery and arch braces carried on corbels in the form of carved heads of kings, bishops and (to west) knights

East window contains fragments of medieval and C17 English and continental glass

North aisle containing brasses to John Fossebrok, d.1418 and his wife (nurse to Henry VI), and to John Fosbroke, d.1602 and his 2 wives

South chapel contains inter alia elaborate wall monuments to Bernard Walcot, d.1671 and Sir William Robinson d.1678/9 (with a bust attributed to James Hardy) and C18 slate floor slabs with inlaid curvilinear inscriptions

C19 pulpit contains reset C16 Flemish panels carved with Biblical scenes

Plain octagonal font with C17 flat cover on probably C19 traceried shafts. (V.C.H.: Northamptonshire, III: pp.188-9