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St Andrew

St Andrew

Great Cransley

Northamptonshire

Early C14 and C15 restored early C18 and 1870 by Slater and Carpenter

Architectural Features

C15 west tower, 4 stages, has clasping buttresses with 4 set-offs, moulded plinth and string courses, quatrefoil frieze, crenellated parapet and 4 crocketed pinnacles

North side has a lead rainwater head inscribed 'R G 1702' and another inscribed 'T L'. South side has similar rainwater head inscribed 'W O 1713'. North aisle, C15, 3 bays, has chamfered plinth, moulded parapet and sill band, and 2 diagonal buttresses

North side has 2 C15 untraceried 3-light windows with Tudor arched heads

Similar south aisle, early C14, 3 bays, has a continuous hood mould and 2 angle buttresses with 2 set-offs

South side has a Y-traceried double lancet on each side of the porch and to their right a C15 untraceried triple lancet

North side has an off-centre roll moulded C14 doorway flanked by single cusped untraceried triple lancets, restored

C14 south porch, restored, has a coped gable with finial and cross, moulded and rebated doorway with octagonal responds, hood mould and mask stops

Moulded early C14 inner doorway with hood mould and mask stops

Interior: Plain triple chamfered C15 tower arch

Tower chamber has a round headed niche to north and south and a stained glass west window c 1941

C15 roof with moulded tie-beams, arch braces, angel corbels, lengthwise arch braces and moulded purlins

C15 roof with cambered tie-beams, arch braces and angel corbels

South aisle east end has stained glass window, 1908

South side has to east, a cove moulded C14 piscina

To its right, a C14 tomb recess

South east window has stained glass, 1939

West end window has C14 stained glass fragments with cranes and crest

C15 roof with moulded tie-beams, mask bosses,arch braces, wall shafts and angel corbels

Chancel has a C14 double chamfered arch with triple shaft responds

North side has to east a mid C14 tomb recess

East window has stained glass by Kempe, 1900

South side has to east a rebated aumbry and a restored C14 piscina

To their right, an C14 triple sedilia with filleted double shafts

C15 roof has moulded purlins and tie-beams with bosses.Fittings include C19 stalls, benches, wooden gradine and octagonal pulpit and font.Remarkable C18 gadrooned baluster shaped font. monuments include late C15 floor brass, brass in pedimented alabaster surround, 1589, brass with crest, 1602