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St Andrew

St Andrew

Foxton

Leicestershire

C13, C14, C15, C17, restored 1893 by H Hardwicke Langs of London, and by William White.

Architectural Features

5 stages, lower 3 are C13 with chamfered plinth and 4 stringcourses dividing the stages, cavetto moulded cornice with crenellation above.

West tower stage has large C13 lancet with hoodmould.

Each elevation has C15 2-light bell-openings with square frames and hoodmoulds.

East wall has a C17 3-light window in square frame with splayed mullions and jambs.

Below this are 2 C19 memorial tablets.

North porch, C14, has coped gable with finial, plain tile roof and diagonal buttresses with set-offs.

Chancel, east part rebuilt in a C17 coped gable with finial.

South wall has from east to west, a C13 pointed arch window with Y-tracery and hoodmould.

Low, C13 triple-chamfered chancel arch with triple shafted responds with moulded capitals and bases.

War memorial in blocked doorway on south wall.

Rare C12 font in north aisle, with large square bowl decorated with beaded inter- secting arches, supported on 4 engaged shafts on an octagonal base, which is not C12.

C15 nave roof, repaired in C19.

Moulded trusses decorated with brattishing and carved central bosses.

Trusses with female figures supporting ridge piece.

C15 chancel roof, renewed C19.

C15 aisle roofs with brattished trusses and carved bosses.

Altar, altar rail, choir stalls, pews, pulpit, lectern, all C19.

Various C19/C20 memorial tablets on north wall of chancel and north wall of north aisle, including 5 C19 memorials to Cerrance family in chancel.

Fragment of Anglo-Saxon work, possibly a stone jamb, with latticed plaiting in south aisle.