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St Andrew

St Andrew

Kegworth

Leicestershire

Lower part of tower is C13, remainder of church all C14

Architectural Features

C15 clerestory.

Earlier west tower is of 4 stages with chamfered lancets to 2 lower stages, and C13 2-light openings with colonnette mullions to third stage.

New bell-chamber added C14 with 2-light traceried openings, embattled parapet, and fine octagonal spire.

Nave has C15 clerestory with 6 bays of rectangular 3-light windows, all with ogee tracery.

3-bay chancel with carved gargoyles and 5-light east window.

Tower arch is C13, double-chamfered, with outer order on shafts.

C15 roof of nave is very fine, with moulded beams, richly carved foliated bosses, and C19 carved wooden corbels in the form of figures playing musical instruments.

FITTINGS: over the chancel arch is a very fine royal coat of arms dated CR 1684, carved in plaster and restored and repainted 1935.

In the chancel there is also a small carved wooden shield with the royal arms, of c1500.

One C15-C16 wooden chest.

Octagonal stone font with traceried panels is much restored.

C18 and C19 memorial tablets.