Description

SU 74 NW SOUTH WARNBOROUGH ALTON ROAD
(east side)

11/30 Church of St Andrew

24.11.61
- II*

C13, C14, Cl5, and 1870. Nave and chancel of the early period with Victorian
south aisle (by G E Street). Red tile roof; low-pitched slate roof over the
aisle, above the gable at the west end is a broach spire and bell-turret covered
in shingles. Mainly rendered walling, but flint is used for the aisle, west
gables and buttresses. Most windows are lancets, with a 3-light C16 window in
the chancel. Inside, the west end is occupied by the C14 framing of the bell-
turret. The remains of a C15 rood screen separates the nave from the chancel.
The chancel is notable for its monuments and tombs, mainly related to the Whyte
family. Modern timber-framed north porch, with decorative Norman door within.
The font is C19, and there is some C16 heraldic glass in the south aisle windows.

Listing NGR: SU7216047332

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17534328

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings