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St Andrew

St Andrew

Broughton

Northamptonshire

C12, C13, C14, C15

Architectural Features

Coursed and squared ironstone with plain tile, copper, stone, slate and lead roofs

2-stage west tower, early C14, has plinth, string courses and mask corbel table plus 2 angle buttresses

Above it, a C14 single lancet and above again, a clock

South side has a C14 single lancet

Parapeted clerestory has on each side 3 C15 ogee double lancets with flat headed reveals

Flanking the porch on either side, a C15 triple lancet with flat head, hood mould and mask stops

North side has to west a restored C13 doorway with hood mould and to its right a small chamfered light

East end has a C14 5- light lancet with intersecting tracery, hood mould and mask stops, and a late C18 tablet below it

C14 north porch has coped gable with kneelers, moulded doorway with hood mould and mask stops, and a single light in each side

Interior has stone benches, arched tie-beams with bosses, and early C14 roll-moulded doorway with double shafts

Restored south porch has coped gable with flanking buttresses and chamfered flat headed doorway East side has a tiny re-set, C13 single lancet

C12 inner doorway with zigzag and lozenge moulding, shafts with scallop capitals and hood mould

C14 tower arch, triple chamfered, has octagonal responds

C19 stained glass west window

3-bay nave arcades, early C14, have octagonal piers with square bases to north and octagonal bases to south

Restored C15 roof with arch braces and wall shafts on beast and mask corbels

Aisles have restored moulded C15 roofs with wall shafts and bosses in north aisle

North aisle west end window has C15 glass fragments

Blocked C14 rood loft doorway in the north east corner

Early C14 double chamfered chancel arch has octagonal responds

East end has stained glass window by Powell, 1855

South-east window has 2 C19 seats in the opening and stained glass c 1900

South-west window has C19 stained glass in the head

Fittings include C14 font with panelled stem with shafts and octagonal bowl with nodding ogee headed panels

C19 ashlar pulpit in C14 style

Memorials include round-headed niche containing praying frontal demi-figure , with brass tablet on apron, to Rev Robert Bolton,1631

Scrolled oval medallion containing painted demi- figure with tablet on apron, bracket and crest, to Harrold Kynnesman, 1631