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St Andrew And St Mary

How Caple

Herefordshire

C14 chancel

Architectural Features

west tower, nave and south transept 1693-5, further restoration and alterations 1889 and 1910-12, also during 1920's and 30's.

West porch added during 1930's, west tower dated 1693, three stages, two moulded string courses, embattled parapet, diagonal stepped buttresses, 2-light window to second and third stage

gable end of south transept to right with 3-light window in C14 style, 2-light windows to left and right returns

chancel to right with restored early C14 window, two cinquefoil-headed lights to left, and C14 two trefoil-headed lights to right

east window: C14, three cinquefoil-headed lights with vertical tracery.

Interior: C17 roof to nave, C16 ceiled roof to chancel with bosses

fittings: late C17 screen with twisted columns and arch, supporting Royal Arms of William III.

C12 font, octagonal bowl with haphazard folial and geometric motifs

South transept mainly Gregory memorials: William Gregory 1765, wall tablet, relief with putto and urn

north wall of nave largely rebuilt during early 1920's with memorial windows to members of Lee family.

The early C16 German diptych mentioned by Pevsner not in situ September 1985. (BoE, p 19