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St Andrew

St Andrew

Steeple Gidding

Cambridgeshire

C12 south doorway

Architectural Features

C13 reused stone.

South nave arcade and south aisle early C14, chancel c.1330 and nave rebuilt.

West tower late C14 built partly within the nave.

South elevation: West tower of two stages with moulded plinth, embattled parapet with gargoyles at angles of lower moulded strings

South doorway with reused C12

C13 moulded and carved stones forming a two-centred arch with chevron enriched outer order springing from detached shafts with carved capitals and moulded bases.

two windows c.1330 each of two trefoiled lights with a quatrefoil in a two-centred head, south doorway with moulded jambs and segmental-pointed head.

Chancel arch rebuilt reusing C14 semi- octagonal responds.

C14 piscina in chancel with chamfered jambs and two-centred head, octagonal drain and wooden shelf

piscina in south aisle C14 with stop-chamfered jambs, ogee-head and octofoil drain.

Font, octagonal bowl of Ketton stone with plain octagonal stem and chamfered base C16, oak cover possibly C17.

For monuments and floor slabs see RCHM.