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St Andrew

St Andrew

Stockton on Teme

Worcestershire

Mid-C12, altered C14 and early C18

Architectural Features

Mainly Norman and Perpendicular styles.

Nave: C12

C14 diagonal buttresses with offsets at west end

also C14 buttress to north elevation partly enclosed by C19 brick lean-to

C19 buttress with offsets to south elevation with two tomb slabs of probable C12 date attached to east side.

Two-light C14 pointed west window

north and south elevations have square-headed 2-light windows, two in north elevation are C19 replace- ments and one in south elevation is a restored C14 window.

inside roof has cusped swept wind-braces and there are several slip-decorated tiles of c1450 now fixed beneath the benches.

South doorway is C12 but much restored

above the head is a C12 stone panel which had a relief of a winged figure and a tree, now barely distinguishable.

Chancel: rebuilt C14 and again in C18

Interior: C12 chancel arch similar to south doorway and has a chamfered string course from the abaci to the side walls.

Above the arch are two C12 panels representing the Agnus Dei and probably a lion (cf the panels at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Eastham CP and also the south door- ways and chancel arches at Eastham and the Church of St Michael, Knighton on Teme CP).

Nave has a C14 roof

Late C16 oak altar table and early C18 altar rails.

Octagonal font probably original one with C19 shaft and base.

C19 pulpit.

Memorials: in north-east corner of chancel late C16 painted wood tomb restored in 1853

commemorates Thomas Walshe, died 1593.

At foot of tomb is large C13 tomb slab decorated with cross and branch stumps and having a Lombardic inscription round sides commemorating Redulphius who became the first recorded rector of Stockton on Teme in 1284.

In the nave is a brass to William Parker, died 1508, with an 18 inch figure

also an early C19 memorial to the Nott family and a mid-C19 memorial.

Glass: late C19 east window, early C20 south window, mid-C20 west window.

A small Norman church notable for the detailing of its south doorway and chancel arch, its C14 south porch and nave roof and its unusual medieval memorials. (VCH 4, p 347-8