St Andrew

plain tile roofs.

Tower: early C16 on C12 first stage visible to north and south.

plinth, diagonal buttresses with 4 offsets, chamfered and moulded string courses, moulded string with corner gargoyles to battlemented parapet, and pyramidal cap with weathervane

re-used carved fragments in west, north and east fronts said to have come from Haughmond Abbey [Uffington C.P. (q.v.)] at the time of the Dissolution including canopied niches, some with figures, and ceiling bosses

Nave: Anglo-Saxon north wall incorporating Roman blocks with lewis holes, south arcade and south aisle rebuilt circa 1763 with dentil brick eaves cornice and stone-coped parapeted gale ends

C19 chamfered-arched doorway to left with pair of boarded doors, and porch of 1890 with buttresses, parapeted gable, double chamfered archway with hoodmould with carved stops, and string

chamfered double lancets and carved frieze to sides

fragment of probably C17 cross shaft set high up in nave wall with carved interlace, foliage and dragon, and 2 flanking reset blocks with carved beast and bird, probably also C7

north side: Anglo-Saxon to left with probably C13 addition to right

remains of probably Saxon blocked window to left

C13 triple stepped lancets to left with chamfered reveals, central 4-centred arched early C16 window with 3 cinquefoil-headed lights, panelled tracery, and moulded reveals, and paired lancets to right.

Chancel: C12 incorporating some Roman masonry to north

C12 cill string

central blocked C12 priest's doorway to south with one order of shafts, chevron decoration

hoodmould with carved volute stops, and blocked C14 window interrupting string to right with 2 cinquefoil-headed lights, Y-tracery, and moulded reveals

north side has two C12 windows with chamfered reveals

early C16 Tudor-arched 5-light east window with panelled tracery, moulded reveals, and hoodmould

evidence of former triple east lancets in disturbed masonry to each side, and small C12 window in gable above.

probably early C16 chancel roof of 3 bays with tie-beams, arch-braced collars, and moulded purlins

chamfered tower arch probably of more than one period with carved foliated capitals

moulded late C12 chancel arch with clustered shafts, carved stiff leaf, waterleaf and trumpet capitals, and reused Anglo-Saxon carved stone at base of right-hand shafts depicting a bird pecking at a worm

chancel string carried as hoodmould over blocked C17 priest's doorway with dogtooth ornament

small C12 round-arched window, and round wooden archway between chancel and vestry

large round font formed from the base of a Roman column, with C19 wooden top

C17 five-sided wooden pulpit has panelled square base and carved decoration

choir stalls incorporating C17 panelling

C17 panelling to step up to communion rails of circa 1637 with turned balusters and carved rail

C17 communion table

hatch- ment on north wall of chancel, and coat-of-arms and hatchment in vestry.

Monuments: excellent series of 3 chest memorials

that to Lord Chief Justice Bromley and his wife has carved shields with angel supports in end panels, side with shields and central female figure divided by strips with candelabra decoration, and 2 recumbent effigies

large marble monument against blocked south-east chancel window to Francis Newport, Earl of Bradford with trabeated arch, central urn with 2 mourning putti, gadrooned base, and coat-of-arms above

C17 oval plaque on south side of chancel to Andrew Newport Esq and brass plaques in nave to Thomas Alcocke and Samuel Edwards Stained glass: east window by David Evans depicting the 12 Apostles and 2 stories.

There is said to be a C13 parish chest but this was not noted at the time of survey D.H.S. Cranage, An Architectural Account of the Churches of Shropshire, Vol.7, Pp.651-60