Nominal: 1244 Hz Weight: 280 lbs Diameter: 24.5" Bell 1 of 3
Founded by Peter de Weston
Dove Bell ID: 63186 Tower ID: 25177 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Old St Andrew Kingsbury
Overview
Grid reference: TQ 206 868
Certainly Roman bricks and tiles are re-used in the walls, but the general appearance of the church now is fifteenth-century. Successive restorations in 1840, 1870 and 1888 (the last by Ewan Christian) have renewed so much of the stonework and timberwork of the fabric that there is really very little left save the basic structure which may be called earlier than nineteenth-century.
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
A single-cell rectangle under one roof, with west bell-cote and a smal vestry-cum-organ chamber on the north side.
Description of Archaeology and History
Certainly Roman bricks and tiles are re-used in the walls, but the general appearance of the church now is fifteenth-century. Successive restorations in 1840, 1870 and 1888 (the last by Ewan Christian) have renewed so much of the stonework and timberwork of the fabric that there is really very little left save the basic structure which may be called earlier than nineteenth-century.
Exterior Description
The west wall of the church has stonework at the two corners which may be Saxon, but is probably a later imitative attempt; these courses rest upon unshaped blocks of sarsen stone, the north-west of which may be part of a crudely carved coffin-lid. The wall surface has an attractive texture of flints interspersed with bright red Roman tiles (which seem to indicate the presence of a Roman villa on or near this site). The west doorway and the three-light window above it are both fifteenth-century in design, the door with moulded jambs and a hoodmould and the window with cinquefoiled splayed lights, the central one taller than the outer pair. The masonry of both is almost entirely renewed.
The south wall has three two-light windows, two of which have dripstones, all of fifteenth-century design with cinquefoiled heads. About a third of the way from the west end is a round-headed doorway which is said to be twelfth-century, but again was entirely renewed in the 19th century. In the eastern part of the wall is a small priest's doorway and near it a low-side window each with a scratch dial above. The east window has three lights under a basket arch, the central light only slightly taller than the outer two. The wall is otherwise featureless save for one monument near the south-east corner.
The north wall has less regular fenestration than the south - in the chancel is a window of two lights making a pair with one on the south side, but the nave has a paired light of differing design, a single wide cinquefoiled light and a small lancet low down at the west end.
The small copper-covered belfry and spire is entirely nineteente century. The belfry is square with louvred openings to the north and south, and the apse has simple broaches.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
c.1950
The east window is not signed, but dates stylistically from c.1950. It shows St. Andrew against a background of the Lake of Galilee.
Interior
Interior Description
The interior is a single room with windows set rather high. The general aspect of the church is nineteenth century, with a red and black tiled alley, oak pews with square ends, oak doors, choirstalls and communion rails. A typical feature of the Middlesex churches are te two chamfered piers of timber at the west end which support the bell-cote. The floor under the pews is of wood blocks. The roof is probably fifteenth century, of the trussed rafter type.
The chancel is differentiated from the nave solely by a step, to the east of which the floor is of patterned tiles. The wall-plate is more elaborate in the chancel, having small battlements instead of plain mouldings, but these differences are minimal. The chancel arch was taken out in 1840, and its place on the north side is now superceded by an arch into the vestry.
The east window has the only stained glass in the church with a figure of St. Andrew and the window is flanked by tablets of grey marble with the Ten Commandments incised upon them.
Fixtures and fittings
Altar
19th Century
Oak
Stall
19th Century
Oak
Rail
19th Century
Oak
Pew (object)
19th Century
Oak.
Lectern
c.1880
The lectern is a figure of an angel, about four feet high, carved in oak and said to be Jacobean, from a City church demolished c.1880.
Bells
Nominal: 1108.5 Hz Weight: 534 lbs Diameter: 28.88" Bell 2 of 3
Founded by Chertsey foundry 1604
Dove Bell ID: 63187 Tower ID: 25177 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 988 Hz Weight: 792 lbs Diameter: 33.25" Bell 3 of 3
Founded by Samuel Knight 1708
Dove Bell ID: 63188 Tower ID: 25177 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TQ 206 868
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | N/A |
| Solar Thermal Panels | N/A |
| Biomass | N/A |
| Wind Turbine | N/A |
| Air Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ev Charging | N/A |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
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'Seek advice' Species
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