Parish Church of St Andrew

Church of St Andrew, Cullompton
Church of St Andrew, Cullompton
Church of St Andrew, Cullompton
St Andrew: c15 Perpendicular church standing in space back from the main street; 100ft west tower (from ground to parapet) built c.1545-49
St Andrew: Lane aisle dating from 1526; four light Perpendicular windows separated by buttresses decorated by carvings
St Andrew: carving details from the Lane aisle, centre one has John Lane's initials
St Andrew: further carving from the Lane aisle including initials & ship
St Andrew: remains of Crucifixion at west face of tower below the clock (dating from 1685)
St Andrew: c15 Perpendicular nave with Beerstone pillars; capitals decorated with foliage & heads; clerestory above (rare in Devonshire churches)
St Andrew: rood beam (a Reformation survival); nave & chancel ceiling covered in blue, crimson & gold powdered with stars; chancel (below) restored in 1849
St Andrew: window in Lane aisle (south) designed by Burne-Jones
St Andrew: carved screen with fan-traceried coving supporting cornice of three orders
St Andrew: parclose screen, c.1500, dividing the north Moore chapel to chancel crowned by angels holding Moore of Morehayes family shields
St Andrew: Moore parclose screen, c.1500
St Andrew: Moore parclose screen, c.1500
St Andrew: Moore parclose screen, c.1500
St Andrew: the Golgotha, in the fashion of rocks bestrewn with skulls & bones used as foundations for rood destroyed at the Reformation