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St Andrew

St Andrew

Thornhaugh

Cambridgeshire

From C12, and restored 1889.

Architectural Features

Early/mid C13 chancel with Perpendicular south window of 2-lights and 3-light east window.

Early C16 south transept with battlements and Perpendicular windows.

C13 west tower rebuilt in 1889, of 3 storeys with angle buttresses and Perpendicular west window to bottom stage and 2-light bell openings and battlements to top stage.

The original spire fell down in about 1500 and destroyed the south arcade.

Late C12 4 bay north arcade with double chamfered arches and circular piers with cruciform abacus.

C15 nave and chancel roofs with moulded and cambered tiebeams, arched braced collars and wind braces, and crenellated wall plates.

Norman font, plain cylindrical, with moulded top of stem.

Tomb of Sir Wm Russell, 1613, with recumbent effigy and kneeling figures of 3 sons and 3 daughters.