The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain & Ireland
St Andrew (now)
Parish church
The village of Puckington, Somerset is situated 10 miles SE of Taunton and 10 miles W of Yeovil. The church, which is built of rubble, is mostly of the 13thc and 15th with later work. It consists of a W tower, nave, large mid-19thc transept, chancel, S porch and vestry. The font is Romanesque.
Parish church
The W tower at St Andrew's was underway in 1431. Judging from the round-arched doorway preserved inside its E wall, the tower was attached to a nave that was Norman, at the latest, to which a N aisle had been added in the 13thc
Parish church
The place-name of Loxton, Somerset signifies ‘tun on the Lox [Yeo river]’ . The small settlement occupies quite a dramatic situation on the W side of the gap formed in the Mendip Hills by the Lox Yeo, just 800m N of that river’s confluence with the major Axe: to the N lie the forbidding hills; to the S lie the Somerset Levels (between 1974 and 1996 Loxton was part of the County of Avon). The geology is Mercia Mudstone/Dolomitic Conglomerate, above the Alluvium of the Levels, beneath the Burrington Oolite and Dolomite/Black Rock Limestone of the hills. The church lies alone except for its neighbour farm to the E side of the hamlet. The church has 11thc origins, but mainly dates from the 13thc to 15thc; there was a restoration and extension in the early 20thc. The S doorway is Romanesque and there is a consecration cross of perhaps similar date.
Chapel, former
Lilstock is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stringston. It is 12 miles (19 km) NW of Bridgwater. The chapel of St Andrew, with only two rows of pews, features a 14thc. chancel arch. This arch is the only remaining portion of the earlier church which was demolished in 1881 when the present building was erected. The church was declared redundant in 1980, and the Norman font removed to Stogursey church in 1981. The entry for Stogursey includes a description of the font.
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Mells is four miles W of Frome. Named after its pre-industrial mills, the village straddles the wooded valley of the E-flowing Mells Stream at about 100m OD, where the Mendip Hills decline eastwards. The view from the S, across the wooded valley, shows the church and adjacent manor house very much to their advantage. As usual in this area, limestone quarries dominate, with the Whatley Quarry to the S. There are no main roads in the vicinity. The Grade 1 listed church of St Andrew is largely built of Doulting ashlar and is predominantly late 15thc, with a famous Perp tower. There is a nave with N and S aisles which continue as chapels alongside the chapel; also a S porch. There was a mid-19thc restoration. There is a Romanesque tub font.
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The present building is a Grade II* Listed structure of 1859 designed by Robert Kerr which Pevsner notes was preceded by a medieval church with a round tower and double-splayed windows. The basin of the pillar piscina in the chancel is the only Romanesque sculpture at the site.
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Cobham is a village in the Elmbridge district of Surrey, about 4 miles SE of Weybridge and the same distance SW of Esher. The church is at the E end of Cobham, alongside the River Mole. It is constructed of carstone and flint. About the middle of the 12th century the church seems to have consisted of chancel, nave, and west tower; the chancel was probably lengthened early in the 13th century, and at the same time the north chapel was added with an arcade of two bays opening into the chancel; part of one of the original small lancets remains in the north wall of the chapel, but the other windows are later insertions. A series of restorations in 1853, 1872, 1886 and 1902 resulted in the addition of 2 new aisles and a S chapel. Romanesque features described here are the tower bell openings and tower arch, the S doorway and the N chapel arcade.
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Brigstock is toward the N of the county, 6 miles NE of Kettering. It is a substantial
village lying in the valley of Harper's Brook, a tributary of the river Nene. The
settlement is an ancient one, and a good deal of Roman material has been found around
the village. It is within Rockingham forest; a royal hunting ground created by
William I, but by no means entirely wooded even then. The church is in the centre of
the village, alongside the brook. St Andrew's has a tall 11thc. nave with a blocked
window remaining in the N wall. N and S aisles have been added, with three-bay
arcades; the two western bays of the N
arcade 12thc., the E bay and the
entire S arcade are 14thc. The S doorway is of c.1200, under a Perpendicular porch. The chancel arch is tall and Perpendicular, but the chancel itself has a N chapel with a two-bay 13thc.
arcade and a S chapel now housing the organ. The N chapel
contains the tomb of Robert Vernon, first Baron Lyveden (d.1873) with a marble
effigy. The nave aisles extend westward alongside the tower, and it is this for which
the church is known. The tower arch is tall and round-headed; the tower originally
short and of rubble with long-and-short quoins. There is a
rough round-headed window high on the N face. A round stair turret is attached to the W wall, entered from within by a triangular-headed
doorway. A completely plain round-headed arch, probably 12thc., links the tower and
the N aisle extension. To the 11thc. tower has been added a 14thc. storey of ashlar
and a broach spire with three rows of lucarnes. The church was restored by Carpenter
(1876-77). The tower arch is described here, although it is probably pre-Conquest.
Also recorded are the 12thc. parts of the N arcade and the S
doorway.
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St Andrew's has a clerestoreyed and aisled nave with three-bay 14thc. arcades. The chancel and its arch are 14thc. too, as are the clerestorey and the aisle windows. The chancel was in fact rebuilt in 1828. The W tower is of c.1300, and has a broach spire. What remains of the 12thc. church is the masonry at the SW angle of the nave and the S doorway, now reset and protected by a porch.
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St Andrew's has an aisled and clerestoreyed nave with four-bay arcades; the N of the late 12thc., the S 13thc. with pointed arches and moulded capitals. The N and S doorways are 12thc., the N doorway under a porch. The aisle windows are renewed in an early 14thc. style. At the E end of the nave, above the chancel arch, is a large blocked window, apparently 14thc. The chancel has 14thc. sedilia. On the N side of the chancel, and separated from it by a two-bay arcade, is a chapel added by John Chambre between 1495 and 1505, now housing the organ and a vestry. This extends the N nave aisle as far as the E end of the chancel, but is screened from it. There is a 12thc. W tower with a contemporary tower arch. It is of three storeys; the lowest containing an elaborate W doorway and a blind arcade on the W face only, the next decorated with blind arcading, and the topmost with double bell-openings flanked by blind arches and a corbel table at the top. The belfry-stage lancets are Scott's replacements of Decorated windows (see Parker). It has a later recessed spire behind a battlemented parapet. The church was restored by Scott before 1849.