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© Mr John Barker
IoE Number:
261789
Location:
CHURCH OF ST ANDREW,
CORTON DENHAM, SOUTH SOMERSET, SOMERSET
Photographer:
Mr John Barker
Date Photographed:
24 September 2003
Date listed:
15 February 1985
Date of last amendment:
15 February 1985
Grade
II
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ST62SW CORTON DENHAM CP
1/53 Church of St Andrew
GV II
Parish church. Rebuilt 1869-70 to design of Charles Barker-Green for Rev W.B Portman and patron Lord Portman. Ham stone
ashlar; plain clay tile roofs mostly between coped gables, but with hipped chevet to East end. Mostly in an early C15
style. 3-cell plan with additions; 1.5 bay chancel, 4 bays nave and North aisle, with North East vestry, South porch
and West tower. Chancel cut into hillside; plinth, offset buttreses to each chamfered angle, panelled parapet;
ornamental clay tile ridge and wrot iron cross finial; cusped single lancet windows with arched headstops to North East
and South East chamfers, 2-light early C15 traceried style windows with labels to North, East and South faces of
chevet, similar 2-light window and bay buttresses to nave, which has a plain eaves band course; South porch to bay 2
has simple hollow moulded pointed arch. North East vestry has cusped lancet East window and simple North door; North
aisle has small cusped lancets with pointed arched labels with headstops between offset bay buttresses, a 2-light West
window and a simple West door. The tower in 3 stages, with plinth, diagonal offset corner buttrusses two stages high,
string courses, battlemented parapet with corner finials; octagonal plain full height stair turret to North East
corner, taller than tower, with an outer door at base; West door, up 2 steps, in pointed arched opening under square
stopped label, with quatrefoils in spandrils; above a 3-light C15 style window-other faces plain this stage: to stage 2
two-light transomed C15 pointed arched windows to North, West and South faces; similar windows without transomes to all
faces of stage 3, these fitted with pierced stone baffles. Interior has unplastered ashlar throughout; panelled vaulted
timber roof to chancel, hollowed wide chancel arch, simply detailed furniture: nave has arched rib ceiling and C15
style arcade, panelled tower arch. Octagonal stone pulpit with richly carved panels, and matching small octagonal font
with black marble shafts to corners: some painted and stencil decoration about the church: detailing generally good.
First rector known in 1267, former church was smaller, at least C15 with C18 modifications (Photographs and other
information in church).