St Andrew, Evesbatch
Building
- Site NameSt Andrew, Evesbatch
- Building NameSt Andrew's Church
- StreetGreen Lane
- Town or VillageEvesbatch
- CountyHerefordshire
- PostcodeWR6
Location
- Location
- ParishEvesbatch
- BNG CodeSO
- Easting368635
- Northing248136
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Details
- Building TypePlace of Worship
- General Description architectural glossaryChurch of medieval origin, restored in 1877 by Nicholson of Hereford (qv report from The Builder, 10 Jun 1876), possibly with a C17 phase too. The 1876 restoration included installation of new buttresses, quoins, windows, south porch, vestry room, west wall and the upper part of the tower from the eaves.
- Construction Commencedc.1300
- Construction Completed1876
- Conservation StatusListed Grade II*
- Main Building MaterialStone
- Building Stone Description MATERIALS: Coursed red sandstone rubble with freestone dressings and quoins, slate roof
- Date Created2015-07-22 04:46:18
- Date Modified2015-07-24 12:09:57
Associated People
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| T Nicholson | architect (1876) |
| Messrs Barrett of Castle Frome | building contractors (1876) |
References
Books/e-books
| Author/s | Publication Year | Title | Publisher | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Brooks & Nikolaus Pevsner | 2012 | The Buildings of England: Herefordshire | Yale University Press | 228 |
Newspaper Articles
| Publication Year | Newspaper Name & Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1876 | The Builder 10 Jun 1876 | Report of the restoration work carried out. "The church, which is very small, being scarcely capable of holding 100 persons, was prior to the restoration, greatly dilapidated. The original walls of rude stone, both inside and out, were covered with common plaster and whitewash. except where time and negligence has let it fall off. These, where not taken down and rebuilt, have been scraped on the outer face and pointed. New buttresses have been added, the quoins to the angles are new, as also are the windows. A new south porch and a vestry room have been added. A new wall a the west end under the tower has been put in, the upper part of the tower from the eaves is new." |
Websites
| Publication Year | Title | URL | Date Accessed | Notes | Author/Website Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | AChurchNearYou.com | link | 2015-07-22 | "The parish of Evesbatch stands at the head of the valley of the river Leadon. The church is a small and very pretty, of uncertain date but certainly restored in 1877. The stone font is Norman, twelfth century with an exceptional Jacobean cover. The east window is one of the special treasures of this tiny church. It is an early work of C.E.Kempe, the most famous late Victorian stained glass designer. The three bells were restored to working order in 2001 when restoration work was carried out on the wooden turret." | |
| 2015 | The National Heritage List for England | link | 2015-07-22 | Grade: II* Date first listed: 09-Jun-1967 MATERIALS: Coursed red sandstone rubble with freestone dressings and quoins, slate roof. PLAN: Rectangular plan of nave with slightly lower and narrower chancel, west belfry, south porch and north vestry. EXTERIOR: A low and heavy exterior of masonry and slate with sparing fenestration, offset by the timber belfry and porch. In the north and south nave walls are 2-light windows with Decorated tracery under semi-circular labels, of which the south-east window is unrestored and provided the model for the others. The south doorway has a pointed arch made up of 2 large blocks of stone, one of which is carved with crude quatrefoil and trefoil, and is therefore re-used. It stands within a C19 timber-framed porch, which is open-sided on a dwarf stone wall. The nave has 3 C19 buttresses. The west wall is entirely a C19 rebuild and has 3 buttresses and cusped window. The timber-framed belfry has boarded panels incorporating quatrefoil sound holes, and pyramidal roof on swept eaves. The chancel has an ogee-headed south window and east window of 3 cusped round-headed lights under a super arch, which is possibly the faithful restoration of a C17 window. INTERIOR: Walls are plastered. The nave floor is stone-paved, with raised wooden floors under the pews. Decorative and encaustic tiles are in the chancel. | Historic England (English Heritage) |