Parish Church of St Mary and St Andrew

Heritage listing

Details TL 4648 WHITTLESFORD CHURCH LANE 10/314 Parish Church of 22.11.67 St Mary and St Andrew GV I Parish Church. C12 tower and nave. Chancel rebuilt in C13 and nave walls heightened. C14 rebuilding with south aisle enclosing south wall of tower, and porch built by Henry Cyprian, windows inserted into north and west nave walls. C15 south chapel and south aisle windows; belfry and lead spire. Restored 1875, 1882, roofs restored 1905, and 1922. Walls of flint and pebble rubble originally plastered till 1902, with Barnack limestone and limestone and clunch dressings with brick repairs. Plain tiled and leaded roofs. South elevation: Nave with steeply pitched roof and parapet gable with cross finial; pent roof to aisle of three original bays extended to the east as chapel beyond resited C13 priest's doorway of moulded two-centred arched orders. Three three-light traceried windows in two-centred arches with labels. Tower of three stages with reused C12 chevron decorated stone and C12 relief carving above round arched second stage window; moulded cornice with gargoles at angles and between, plastered embattled parapet with two flint panels. (Belfry stair turret on north side C15). South porch with wooden arched entry, cambered tie beams with carved heads at apex and quarter round moulding to arched braces, cornice inscribed 'Henricus Ciprian me fecit' rebuilding in C18 gault and red brick. Chancel with C19 embattled parapet, three-light window similar to chapel with C14 doorway with square head and spandrels partly covered by chapel wall. North wall with blocked C13 lancet lights and weathering of earlier roof. Lead spire possible C19 replacement. Interior: Nave arcade of three bays early C14 of two chamfered orders with moulded caps and flat moulded bases, arch to south ais

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.