Parish Church of St Andrew

Heritage listing

Details ALWALTON CHURCH STREET TL 1295 (West Side) 13/3 Parish Church of St Andrew 13.12.51 GV I Parish Church. North aisle and arcade c.l190. North aisle lengthened by one bay, nave, south aisle and west tower early C13. Chancel, north and south transepts rebuilt c.1300 with stone vaulted roofs, and possibly a central tower begun. West arch of crossing c.1330. Clerestory added to nave C15 and vaulting removed from chancel and transepts, chancel arch taken down. Restoration of 1840-41 architect, Browning; chancel arch inserted, south porch added, parapets, transept walls and south-east corner of tower rebuilt. Tower underpinned in 1902-3 and further restoration 1904-6 architects Townsend and Fordham, builder Thompson and Co. Walls of limestone rubble with barnack stone dressings; clerestory faced with brick and plastered. Roofs of lead and slates. South elevation: West tower of two stages with chamfered plinth, C19 embattled parapet with corbel table of trefoiled arches and mask stops, clasping buttresses rebuilt in south-east corner; ground storey and second stage small lancet windows; belfry wall arcade of three bays with two-centred chamfered arches and moulded labels springing from detached octagonal shafts with moulded capitals and bases, central bay with two light window with central octagonal shaft and trefoil above. Clerestory with plain C19 parapet and original C15 gargoyles; three windows each of two cinquefoiled lights with pierced spandrels in a four-centred head with moulded label. South doorway early C13 with two-centred head of two orders with chamfered inner order and outer order enriched with zig-zag ornament springing from detached shafts with moulded capitals and bases; C17 western window to south aisle and C15 window of two cinquefoiled lights with a

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.