Church of St Andrew, Broadhembury

Heritage listing

Details BROADHEMBURY BROADHEMBURY SY 10 SW 5/49 Church of St Andrew 22.2.55 GV I Parish church. Parts of the nave probably C14 or earlier, C15 south aisle and west tower, early C16 porch. Long sequence of restoration work including a major programme begun in 1845 which involved the rebuilding of the chancel, the addition of the vestry, the rebuilding of the west gallery as a private pew and general refurbishment. Mostly flint with Beerstone dressings, some volcanic windows, C19 dressings Bathstone, lead roofs. Plan: Nave, chancel, west tower, 5-bay south arcade (one bay to the chancel), north porch, north-east vestry. The church was consecrated in 1259 but the earliest visible fabric is the Decorated nave windows. The remainder of the building is Perpendicular with a very grand west tower and pulpit window and a fine early C16 porch. Exterior: C19 chancel with diagonal buttresses with set-offs; 5-light C19 Bathstone east window, very large with a hoodmould with carved label stops. 1845 lean-to vestry abuts the north wall of the chancel with a moulded east doorframe and a square-headed 2-light north window with cusped ogee arched lights. Probably C14 nave; 2 small 2-light Decorated traceried windows flank the porch. The easternmost window in the nave, lighting the pulpit, is unusually elaborate Perpendicular, 3- light with carved demi-figures projecting below the capitals of the mullions - the internal face has 3 projecting demi-angels with scrolls. A shallow rectangular rood loft stair turret projects at the east end of the nave. The south aisle has a 4- light Perpendicular traceried east window; buttresses on the south side: the 4 western buttresses match one another with set-offs, the easternmost buttress is plainer. Three 3-light Perpendicular traceried windows; 2-ce

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.