St. Andrew

The 3 stage coursed limestone rubble C12 tower has 2 offsets, C16 embattled parapet with gargoyles and angle pinnacles.

In the south wall is a blocked 2 light early C13 belfry opening, also visible on the other sides.

Above are 2 light C14 louvred belfry openings with cusped ogee heads, quatrefoils and moulded hoods.

Recut C12 west door with chamfered hood and imposts, above a single rectangular light.

The inner doorway is mid C13 with deeply moulded head, angle shafts, annular capitals and moulded hoods with tail stops.

Nave, chancel, chapel and aisles have C16 embattled parapets.

In the north aisle are 2 three light C13 windows with fine Geometric quatrefoils to the upper parts.

The early C16 ashlar clerestory has 3 paired trefoil headed lights with panel tracery and triangular heads and hoods.

The extremely fine early C16 north Thimelby chantry chapel has stepped buttresses and moulded plinth, with 4 deeply set 3 fight windows with cusped heads, concave moulded 4 .centred arched surrounds.

To the chancel a recut C13 3 light gemoetric traceried window.

In the south wall of the chancel are 2 two light late C13 windows with quatrefoils.

An ogee headed door with square hood and a 2 light C17 window.

It is of early C13 character with single chamfered arches and annular capitals.

Set in the blocking are an early C13 door with angle shafts and dogtoothing plus 2 three light late C13 windows with intersecting tracery.

Late C13 3 bay north arcade with octagonal piers and responds, double chamfered arches.

Late C12 tower arch with circular responds, waterleaf and stiff leaf capitals, moulded imposts and 2 stepped and chamfered orders, chamfered hood.

In the south wall the hood mould of the early C13 3 bay arcade can be seen.

In the north aisle a C16 pointed doorway leads to an upper door to a vanished rood loft.

Early C13 chancel arch with circular responds, annular capitals, double chamfered arch.

In the chancel north wall a 3 bay early C13 arcade with round piers, annular capitals and double chamfered arches.

In the sanctuary a C14 ogee headed aumbry with crockets

finial on the north side and to the south an early C13 triple sedilia with round shafts, foliate capitals and moulded heads.

In the north chapel an early C14 Easter sepulchre of sideboard form, comprising 3 niches with elaborately cusped and floriated nodding ogee canopies with the upper part richly decorated with gablettes, pinnacles, pierced foliage and further canopies.

Roofs are all C16 with tie beams supported on carved corbels.

East window stained glass 1859, memorial to Cap.

Full set of remade C16 oak bench pews with curved rectangular ends with tracery patterns.

The early C13 tub font has bowl supported on round shaft with 4 attached colonettes.

Finely carved oak openwork font cover with crockets and finials.

I was far from satisfied with my earlier effort [[3771198]] and whilst the light was far from helpful on this visit it is probably a better photograph.

© Bob Harvey

At the west end of the nave fine oval hatchment and 1 Royal Coat of Arms dated 1726.

Monuments.

In the south wall of the chancel a fine tomb recess of late C13 date with trilobed gable and blank trefoils.

In the north chapel a handsome brass to Sir Andrew Luttrell, d. 1390.

In the chancel a small mid C15 figure of a knight in full armour, inscription missing, possibly to Sir Geoffrey Hilton.

In the north chapel are 3 C18 wall monuments.

Marble monument to Benedict Conquest d. 1743 of Irnham Hall.