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St Andrew

Shrivenham

Oxfordshire

Church of St Andrew 21.11.66 SU 2489 6/30 I 2. Originally a C12 foundation, cruciform in plan whose central tower was rebuilt early in the C15

Architectural Features

The central tower rises 3 storeys above the roofline and has diagonal buttresses with set-offs and carved figures, 2 light pointed bell openings with Somerset tracery and a final string course with gargoyles beneath a recently restored embattled parapet with corner pinnacles

There are various interesting monuments in the church of which the most ancient is a C14 defaced effigy of a woman in the S aisle

The chancel E window has 3 fine panes of armorial glass and hanging from the roof there are 3 brass chandeliers, the centre one bears the inscription: 'Ex douo Guillielmi Parson 1726'. The woodwork throughout is an exceptional survival of the period of rebuilding: a pulpit with tester whose panels have perspective decoration as too has a contemporary chair in the sanctuary, the pews under the tower and the pews to the nave, cut down in 1887 and the panelling on the aisle walls

The chancel screens are pseudo C17 of 1901

The late C12 font of Purbeck marble has an octagonal bowl with round arched blind panelling set on a round Stem with an octagonal base

The brass eagle lectern is of 1901

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