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St Andrew

Greensted

Essex

A unique structure, the vertical split oak, log walls of the nave said to have been dated by dendro-magnetic method to 845 AD.

Architectural Features

St. Edmund's body reputedly rested here c.1013 whilst on its journey to Bury St. Edmunds.

Carved spandrels depicting the legend of St. Edmund were added and dormer windows inserted.

The Chancel was rebuilt in red brick c.1500 and there is an original arched and moulded doorway and window on the south side.

Nave and Chancel roofs of plain red tiles with 3 gabled dormers to north and south, each with 2 light, leaded windows and barge boards to gables.

Chancel with flint plinth, probably of the original Norman Chancel.

There is a pillar piscina of uncertain date, a small arched panel painting of St. Edmund c1500 and in the west window a c.1500 stained glass head of a man reputed to be St. Edmund.

Pulpit of moulded timber panels dated 1698.

Monuments T. Smith 1585, R. Hewyt, 26 April 1724.