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St Andrew

St Andrew

Woolvershill Batch

Somerset

C15, restored early and mid C19.

Architectural Features

second stage has 2 light windows under hoodmoulds and with label cills to north, south and west, that to west is blank with a lily in a vase and is flanked by niches containing Gabriel and Mary, the figures of the Annunciation

trefoil pierced parapet with gargoyles and corner finials

under east pier of this door is a fragment of Saxon work with interlaced decoration.

clearstorey windows under continuous moulding which meets angel corbels from which roof springs

angels over each window, floral bosses at every junction

Superb 7 bay rood screen of 1522, panelled dado with linenfold, Perpendicular tracery, fans rise to carry a multi frieze cornice, wider central bay has pair of doors

perpendicular stone pulpit with crocketed tracery rising to frieze and under a sounding board dated 1621

ST3959 : Banwell, St. Andrew's Church: Circular Norman font with later c15th or c16th carvings 5 (detail)

C12 font with later floral motif

ST3959 : Banwell, St. Andrew's Church: Circular Norman font with later c15th or c16th carvings 5 (detail)

© Michael Garlick

C15 fragments are reset in east windows of both aisles, whither they were removed in 1813 from the roof screen.

Memorials