Description

TM 47 SE WALBERSWICK THE STREET

4/52 St. Andrew's Church
7.12.66 (Formerly listed as Church of
- St. Andrew)
I

Parish church. Originally nave and chancel with 18-bay clerestorey, 6-bay north
and south aisles, west tower and south porch; only the tower, porch and
westernmost 4 bays of the south aisle are now in use, the remainder being in
ruins. Random flint with some random brick, knapped flint to tower, porch
facade and part of nave; stone dressings; lead roof. Very fine tower,
commenced 1426, not quite square on plan: 4 stages with string course between
them, crenellated parapet; plinth and diagonal buttresses with flushwork
decoration; west doorway with quatrefoil flushwork frieze above, 4-light west
window, 2-light windows at second stage level, sanctus bell window on east
face, 3-light bell chamber openings; ornate parapet with carved string course
to base, stone quatrefoils, stone frieze carved with shields and panelled
flushwork; crocketted pinnacles. Remainder of church late C15. South aisle
with tall 3-light windows to north and south and 4-light windows to east and
west, those to the north and east re-set within C18 stone walling; flushwork to
buttresses and parapet. Porch with room above, flushwork to lower part of
facade, stone parapet; niche above entrance with modern figure of St. Andrew;
good tierceron vault; original doors with remains of tracery decoration. Ruined
part of south aisle with priest's doorway and remains of ogee piscina; another
piscina with trefoil arch to south nave; 3 clerestorey window openings survive
to south and one to north. Interior with original shallow-pitch roof; C15
octagonal font with carved bowl and stem; fine C15 pulpit richly carved with
quatrefoils; lower part of C15 rood screen with traceried panels; some chancel
benches with re-used C15 traceried ends with poppyheads; 3 early C16 marble
floor slabs. Graded I for medieval work, especially tower.

Listing NGR: TM4898374725

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Andrew's Church, Walberswick at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q15979306

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)