St Andrew

C12 origins

C15 N arcade, thorough rebuilding of 1763, including nave, outer wall of N aisle and tower.

INTERIOR: Rich in fittings of different periods and dominated by monuments of the Wolryche family.

Very fine chancel roof dated to the C14 in the church guide.

The lean-to roof of the N chapel is also medieval.

Reredos made up of pieces from a late medieval rood screen.

Late C17 communion rails with turned balusters.

1860 encaustic tiles to the chancel.

The choir has a dado of C17 panelling.

Large C12 font with a circular bowl and a cable moulding above the stem.

Early C17 polygonal pulpit with a carved text and carved blind round-headed arches.

There is a freestanding timber lectern made up of Jacobean woodwork including an inscription and date of 1639.

Fine monument to Francis Wolryche, d. 1614 and his wife on the N side of the chancel.

Spectacular monument in the N aisle to Mary Wolryche, d. 1678 with a reclining female figure holding a lute on a chest below an inscription panel flanked by barleysugar columns and an open segmental pediment.

2 large stone chests with black marble lids in the N aisle commemorate Sir Thomas Wolryche, d. 1668 and Sir Francis, d. 1689. c.

1707 marble Wolryche monument in the NE chapel with an inscription panel under a sarcophagus, crowned with a pediment.

Stained glass includes a Kempe window in the choir, an E window by Clayton and Bell and 2 matching early C20 window in the nave with classical detail to match the architecture of the windows.

SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE: St Andrew's is of more than special interest primarily for the richness and quality of its fittings and monuments in a church that, externally, combines some early fabric, plus a major 1763 brick phase including tower and N aisle walls.