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Church of St Andrew

A Grade I Listed Building in Old Cleeve, Somerset

  • St Andrews, Old Cleeve

  • St Andrews, Old Cleeve & Chapel Cleeve house (qv) top left

  • St Andrew: Perpendicular church; mid c15 south aisle & porch, earlier south transept; flat headed windows

  • St Andrew: Perpendicular west tower of pinkish sandstone, 1533; battlements & tiny pinnacles

  • St Andrew: nave looking east with arcade of four bays with four-centred arches; broad wagon roof with bosses & wall plate angels

  • St Andrew: nave looking west with monuments on the north wall; tall four-light west window

  • St Andrew: glass in south aisle east window c.1897 in Burne-Jones style

  • St Andrew: glass in south aisle west window by Holiday, 1905

  • St Andrew: north window by Pollak, 2000; eclipse of sun & fish & nets of St Andrew

  • St Andrew: octagonal Perpendicular font; pointed quatrefoils, angels on underside

  • St Andrew: set of medieval tiles in north wall panel similar to those at Cleeve Abbey

  • St Andrew: effigy of civilian, c.1425, set in recess in north wall; restoration completed 2006

  • St Andrew: c15 civilian suggested in guidebook as possibly Sir John Golafre, knight of the king's chamber to Richard II & one of the husbands of Philippa Mohun of Dunster Castle

  • St Andrew: feet of c15 civilian resting on cat with a mouse in its paws

  • St Andrew: memorial to Mary Whitlocke, d.1715; cherubs unveil oval plaque

  • St Andrew: large c15 churchyard cross though head is modern

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Entry Name: Church of St Andrew

Listing Date: 22 May 1969

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1295868

English Heritage Legacy ID: 264851

ID on this website: 101295868

Location: St Andrew's Church, Old Cleeve, Somerset, TA24

County: Somerset

District: Somerset West and Taunton

Civil Parish: Old Cleeve

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

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