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All Saints And St Andrew

Kingston

Cambridgeshire

The church was substantially rebuilt in 1488 following a fire

Architectural Features

the materials of C13 church reset or incorporated, particularly in the chancel.

C13 chancel, C15 nave and north and south aisle, C13 west tower restored.

West tower C13 rebuilt in 1488.

Three stages, embattled parapet and chamfered plinth, central beast gargoyles to main cornice.

The south door is medieval and of nail studded planks.

The chancel, C13, has rendered walls.

In the South wall there is a C13 window of three lights with Y tracery, restored, and a low side window of two trefoil lights.

The chamfered two centred arch in the South wall is also C13.

In C16 the East window was removed and replaced by one of four lights each in segmental arch with square head.

The North aisle retains some C15 fenestration, except for the window at the east end which is modern.

Nave and aisle roofs are late medieval, though that over the south aisle incorporates later work.

The chancel arch is also 1488.

The chancel is C13 with some features of late periods.

The rear arch of the original C13 east window is visible internally.

Another small recess at the east end of the north wall is C14.

The chamfered rear arch of another window in the south wall is C13.

Font: octagonal bowl, C13, with C14 octagonal stem having attached shafts, with moulded capitals rising to crocketed gables.

Wall monument in south wall of chancel.

Provost of Kings and Rector of Newton, 1612.

Paintin s: much of the interior wall surface except in the tower retains painting of the C13-C16 or early C17, some restored by E.W. Tristram in 1928.

Screen: late C15, restored.