St Andrew

after fire of 1591

Random coursed sandstone, ashlar and old tile roofs.

Tower: late C13.

South aisle: battlemented parapet to C15 re-building at right.Two-light window to left with plate tracery, and three three-light windows to right with panelled tracery and hoodmoulds.

Interior of porch has quadripartite vault with moulded ribs, central carved boss, and corner shafts with bell capitals

South Transept: C12 with C15 battlemented parapet

two C15 two-light windows to south with panelled tracery and hoodmoulds

central blocked C12 doorway consisting of two orders of shafts with shaft rings and carved foliated capitals.

North Transept: C15

Chancel: C12

North side: two central C12 round arched windows with nook shafts, hoodmoulds,

corbelled eaves above, three-light C16 window to right,

three-light C14 window to left.

South side: three-light C14 window to right, C14 cusped-arched tomb recess beneath with female effigy, and C18 wall tablet to left.

central south door with string course carried over as hoodmould, and carved figure in wall above.

Vestry: dated 1899/SA on cast iron rainwater heads, by W.D Caröe in a Tudor Gothic style.

first floor porch room projecting into second aisle bay from west with lower arcade arch, and quadripartite vault beneath with moulded ribs and central carved boss.Circa 1591 seven bay double hammer-beam nave roof with carved scroll brackets.

restored C12 arch into south chancel chapel with nook shaft

former external C12 window to west with splayed reveals, nook shafts and hoodmould

C16 flat roof.

North transept with chamfered arch into north aisle and C16 flat roof.

Chancel: former C12 chancel arch to east of crossing with square abacia and carved capitals

circa 1591 four bay double hammer-beam roof with carved scroll brackets.

South (Moreton) Chapel: two bay C14 north arcade with octagonal piers, and moulded capitals and arches

remains of re-used C13 sedilia in south wall

probably C16 hammer-beam roof.

Fittings: C17 octagonal wooden pulpit with C19 enrichments, C19 octagonal stone font, and hatchment in south transept.

Glass includes west window of 1848-52, east window by Hardman of c.1867, and two windows in south transept by Powell's of 1863.

Monuments: Thomas Forster of 1526, tomb recess in north chancel wall with two piers supporting cornice, depressed arch with carved spandrels, and effigy of priest

Oliver Brigges of 1596, chest tomb in south chapel with recumbant effigy

Humphrey Brigges and wife of 1626, chest tomb in south chapel with two recumbent effigies, and two small kneeling figures at feet of wife: Magdalen Brigges of 1698, tablet on south chancel wall with bust in circular niche with putti above

Stone in Churchyard wall near gate to Meet inscribed "Ope sela Gulielmi watford, Viri plurimum/Awici Tandum Resurg /1691" (not listed).