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St Andrew

Gatton, Surrey

Circa C13 origins

Architectural Features

The nave is lined with tiers of Flemish baroque choir stalls, facing one another across the nave, with shaped ends with carved cherubs' heads and claw feet

The stalls have misericords and originate from a Benedictine monastery in Ghent

The chancel is lined with C16 panelling from Burgundy, the lower tiers linenfold with blind flamboyant tracery in the upper tier

A polygonal timber pulpit projects from the south transept gallery, the carved figure panels are thought to originate from a reredos, with another panel worked into the front of the altar

West end font with plain octagonal stone bowl on a cylindrical stem with corner shafts and stiff-leaf foliage capitals

Stained glass includes a south window of French C16 glass

an east window of c.1500, a very fine C15 east window in the south transept and an early C16 west window with the arms of Henry VII

Outstanding overall as an extreme example of C19 antiquarian interests and for the quality of its collection of imported C15 and C16 timber fittings and stained glass, mostly introduced in 1834 by Lord Monson

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