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St Andrew

St Andrew

Weston under Lizard

Staffordshire

Mediaeval core to post-Reformation Tower with Nave, circa 1701 attributed to Lady Wilbraham, vestry and family chapel and pew by Ewan Christian of 1876-7, restoration by Street, circa 1869.

Architectural Features

brown tile roof behind parapet, flat roofs to tower and chapels.

East end retains C14 work, including three light pointed window with reticulated tracery, dutch gable parapet over

some C12 carved stones in South wall of Tower.

Pulpit: circa 1701, timber, octagonal of uneven sides, carved panels with tester over

Font by G. E. Street, circa 1869, circular, with engaged marble columns to base

C19 oak desk lectern on spiral stand and cinquefoil fretted sides

Glass: East window by Hardman, circa 1876 using some C14 panels, chapel window by Kempe, circa 1895, North West window in Nave is C17 Netherlandish.

Monuments: To commemorate ancestors, in Lady Wilbraham's building, these are mainly by Sir William Wilson, possibly including painted wooden effigies in sanctuary of Sir Hamo De Weston, d. 1189 and Sir Hugh De Weston, both in arch recesses with C18 inscriptions

immediately to North, Arts and Crafts memorial of painted stone to Richard Bridgeman, d. 1917.

Bridgeman Chapel: East: Marble memorial to Countess of Bradford, d. 1897 by J. Taylor

bas relief reclining figure.

South: Earl of Bradford, d. 1825 by Hollins, marble putto, torch sarcophagus, Earl of Bradford, d. 1865, marble, Greek revival, Countess of Bradford, d. 1842 by Hollino, marble relief reclining figure and angels over, Earl of Bradford, d. 1800 by Rossi, marble relief seated girl against segmental pediment.

Painted hatchment in tower.