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St Andrew, Stanton-upon-Hine Heath, Shropshire

Location
(52°48′42″N, 2°38′32″W)
Stanton-upon-Hine Heath
SJ 568 240
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Shropshire
now Shropshire
medieval Lichfield
now Lichfield
medieval St Andrew
now St Andrew
  • Barbara Zeitler
  • Barbara Zeitler
  • Ron Baxter
31 Dec 1998 (BZ), 22 August 2023 (RB)

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Description

The church stands in the SW corner of the village and consists of a single-aisled 12thc building with a W tower of the 13th and 14thc, and a late 16thc N porch. Evidence remains of a late 13th or 14thc S aisle. There are two small, round-headed 12thc windows in the N wall of the chancel. Further 12thc survivals include another small, round-headed window on the N side of nave, and the N and S nave doorways. The exterior of the N doorway is decorated with sculpture. The S doorway is now blocked; there are reset fragments with chevron decoration above this doorway on the interior and also to the left of it on the exterior. The chancel was restored in 1740, and the nave and tower in 1892.

History

In 1086, Stanton-upon-Hine Heath was held by Earl Roger. Roger's tenant was Reginald the Sheriff, whose sub-tenant was Richard. Domesday Book records a church and a priest.

Features

Exterior Features

Doorways

Exterior Decoration

Miscellaneous

Interior Features

Interior Decoration

Miscellaneous
Comments/Opinions

The S nave wall was rebuilt in part after the 19thc demolition of the two-bay S aisle.

Bibliography

F. Arnold-Forster, Studies in Church Dedications: or, England's Patron Saints, Vol. 3, London 1899, 264.

Historic England, National Heritage List Entry 1188128.

J. Newman and N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England, Shropshire, New Haven and London 2006, 601-02.