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St Andrew

St Andrew

Castle Cary

Somerset

C15 tower, remainder rebuilt by C E Giles in 1861.

Architectural Features

3-light east window with trefoil and quatrefoil tracery, C13 style

Nave has 2-light late C15 Muchelney style traceried windows - cusped ogee lights with quatrefoils above, flat arched under square labels with headstops, which might be reused from the former church: south porch, between these last, plain with C13 style pointed arched opening with side shafts and floriated capitals, the inner door plain.

Tower fairly squat, in 3 stages: angled corner buttresses to full height, moulded plinth, string courses, top course having gargoyles, battlemented parapet with corner pinnacles

north-east square stair turret, 2 stages high with lean-to stone roof and small rectangular windows: north and south walls plain at first stage, but west doorway has deeply moulded 4-centre arch under square label with square steps, hollowed spandrils, the doors, rather low, could be C16

above a 3-light C15 traceried window in deep hollowed recess, string carried over as label.

Stage 2 plain except on south side which has a 2-light C15 traceried window in deep hollowed recess, cutting into stage 3

The interior totally C19, except in the tower space, generally in a C13 style.

Tower arch tall, moulded in C15 style: pulpit early C17, in timber octagonal with carved panels, on C19 stone base

font a plain tub, possibly C13

in north aisle a C16 chest with linenfold panels, memorials include several to Woodforde family - Revd James Woodforde, the C18 diarist, held this living, and the memorial over the vestry door was set up by him to commemorate his parents.

First recorded rector 1328.