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St Andrew

St Andrew

Slaidburn

Lancashire

Church, probably early C15 and late C15 with early C17 alterations.

Architectural Features

The bell openings, probably early C15, have pointed heads and hoods, each having two cusped lights.

The nave and clerestorey windows, probably late C15, have flat heads, mullions, and cusped lights.

The north doorway is hollow-chamfered with a segmental head and a false keystone with a carved head.

Towards the east end of the south aisle wall is a piscina with moulded cusped 2-centred head, The open timber roof is probably early C17.

Both nave and aisles have cusped wind braces, the aisle principals having ovolo mouldings and some carved decoration near the aisle walls, including heads.

It has C17 and C18 pews, including box pews.

A C18 3-decker pulpit has raised and fielded panels, a stair of slim turned balusters, and sounding board with carved entablature.

The rood screen, probably of the 1630s but possibly later, has tapering square uprights with capitals, decorated arched openwork heads, openwork frieze and dentilled cornice.