Description

SO8454NE
620-1/16/208

WORCESTER
DEANSWAY (West side)
St Andrew's Church Tower

22/05/54
GV
II*

Also known as: St Andrew's Tower COPENHAGEN STREET.
Also known as: St Andrew's Church Tower ST ANDREW'S GARDENS.
Church tower. C15 with spire rebuilt in 1751 by Nathaniel
Wilkinson, a journey-man of Worcester. Limestone ashlar.
3-stage Perpendicular tower with slim, recessed, octagonal
Gothick spire. Chamfered plinth. Diagonal off-set buttresses
to first and second stages, those to first stage have engaged
columnettes, with clasping pilasters to third stage. Pointed
arches to east, north and south with Perpendicular moulding.
5-light pointed west window. First-stage band. To second stage
a 2-light pointed window with Perpendicular tracery to head;
second stage band. Third stage has 2-light pointed belfry
window. Spire has one level of 2-light, then single light
lucarnes. Surmounted by Corinthian capital.
INTERIOR: lierne-vault over lower stage, to the east the
springers of the first bay of the arcades. To south-west angle
a plank door in ogeed surround.
HISTORICAL NOTE: the medieval, probably C12 church was
demolished in 1948/9 as it was believed to be structurally unsound. It now stands in a public garden, opened 1953 to commemorate the coronation of Elizabeth II. The
original top of the spire stands in the same garden. The spire
is locally known as "The Glover's Needle" due to its shape and
to Worcester's association with the glove-making industry.
A significant streetscape feature, forming an important
landmark. It forms part of the visual context for Worcester
Cathedral (qv) from the River Severn, together with Worcester
Bridge, Bridge Street (qv), Gascoyne House, Brown's Restaurant
and Bond House, South Quay (qqv) and grouping with Merchant's
House, Quay Street (qv). NMR photographs.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner: N: Worcestershire:
Harmondsworth: 1968-1985: 317-8).

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Glover's Needle at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5572146

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Recommended Books

• 
  For the Record
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014