Church of St Andrew, Eastleach Turville

Church in Gloucestershire, England

Church

Heritage designationGrade I listed building

Designated26 Jan 1961

Church of St Andrew

Church of St Andrew
51°44′47″N 1°42′31″W / 51.7465°N 1.7087°W / 51.7465; -1.7087
Denomination	Church of England
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade I listed building
Designated	26 Jan 1961
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Gloucester
Benefice	South Cotswold Team Ministry

The Anglican Church of St Andrew at Eastleach Turville in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England, was built in the 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.^[1]

The nave, north wall and arch of the chancel were built in the 12th century. In the 13th a north aisle and tower were added.^[2] Various restorations and revisions were carried out in the 17th to 19th centuries and the three-bay hammerbeam roof was replaced in 1906 or 1909 in elm.^[2]^[1]^[3]

John Keble was the curate of this church and the neighbouring St Michael and St Martin's Church in 1815.^[4] The Keble family had been lords of the manor for generations.^[5]^[6]

The parish is part of the South Cotswold Team Ministry benefice within the Diocese of Gloucester.^[7]

Architecture

The limestone building has stone slate roofs. It consists of a chancel, nave with north transept and a west tower.^[2]^[1]

The saddleback tower was added in the late 12th or early 13th century.^[5] It contains two bells which were recast by Rudhall of Gloucester in 1789.^[2]

The Norman doorway, which dates from around 1130, has a carved tympanum with Christ in Majesty in the centre with angels on either side.^[8]^[5] This is surrounded by enriched chevron mouldings.^[4]

The octagonal font was carved in the 15th century and the hexagonal pulpit with its carved panels is Jacobean.^[8]^[1] The parish chest is from 1678.^[2]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint Andrew Church (Eastleach Turville).

1 2 3 4 "Church of St Andrew". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
1 2 3 4 5 "Eastleach Turville Pages 61-69 A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7". British History Online. Victoria County History. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
↑ Lees, Hilary (1998). Porch and pew: Small churches of the Cotswolds. Walnut Tree. pp. 32–33. ISBN 978-0948251924.
1 2 Verey, David (2007). Cotswold Churches. The History Press. pp. 101–102. ISBN 978-1845880286.
1 2 3 Ross, David. "Eastleach Turville, St Andrew's Church". Britain Express. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
↑ Moriarty, Denis (1989). Buildings of the Cotswolds. Gollancz. p. 104. ISBN 978-0575040595.
↑ "St Andrew's, Eastleach". A Church Near You. Church of England. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
1 2 "St Andrew's Church, Eastleach Turville, Gloucestershire". Wasleys. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.

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