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St Andrew

St Andrew

Rushmere St Andrew

Suffolk

Mid C12 south doorway, with arch of 2 zigzag- carved orders, and spiral-carved shafts with scalloped capitals

Architectural Features

the door is late-mediaeval with C19 and C20 alterations.

Bequests of 1496/7

1521/22 made for payment of full cost of tower.

this may suggest that the tower was begun in mid C15.

2-light belfry windows, lion-head gargoyles and flushwork-panelled parapets

at the corners are figures representing the evangelists, added 1861.

The nave and chancel were rebuilt in the Early English style in 1861, but the Norman south doorway was dismantled and rebuilt.

The roof was reconstructed with earlier components: alternating tie-beam and hammer-beam trusses in six-and-a-half bays, apparently of c.1600.

2 sets of 9 benches by William Poley, c.1861, have good poppyhead standards with angel and animal figures, said to be close copies of C15 benches found at the time of restoration.

In the aisle floor are 4 C18 ledger slabs, and another to William Seely Some good stained glass of c.1861.