Listed Building: CHURCH OF ST ANDRES (1367089)

Grade I
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 956, 36, 678
Date assigned 30 January 1967
Date last amended

Description

1. 5273 WICKHAMBREAUX THE GREEN Church of St Andres TR 25 NW 10/678 30.1.67 TR 2258 36/678 I GV 2. Mainly perpendicular, restored in 1868. Built of flint and stone with tiled roof. Chancel, with organ chamber to the north of it, nave with aisles, west tower within nave with crenellated parapet. North porch. Three bay nave with tie beam roof. Two piscinas, one on the south wall of the chancel and one on the south wall of the south aisle. C18 lectern. Wall paintings of 1868. The east window has Art stained glass of the Annunciation dated 1896 and signed Arild Rosenrrantz. The New York Times of 1896 reported that this was the first commission in Europe to be given to American glassmakers. Monument to the Rev Alexander Young of 1755 by Sir Robert Taylor. The churchyard contains some C18 headstones with cherub, skull, hourglass or heavenly trumpet motifs, some chest tombs and some C19 oval bodystones. Listing NGR: TR2209258706

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  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Map

Location

Grid reference TR 2200 5873 (point)
Map sheet TR25NW
Civil Parish WICKHAMBREAUX, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 4:25PM