Yeadon: St Andrew
Diocese of Leeds
Closed Church, 604082
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Overview
Grid reference: SE 207 413
The church was built in 1890-1 to designs by Thomas and Francis Healey. It is an ambitious design in which the Healey brothers use a mix of Arts and Crafts with Perpendicular styles to good effect. The nave is of four and a half bays with a clerestorey level of three windows, each containing triplets of short lights with only a faint arch. The chancel roof is distinct but only fractionally lower than the nave giving a long emphasis to the east west axis. Both the nave and chancel roofs have decorative cross finials.
Visiting and facilities
Building is closed for worship
Leased to another church congregation.
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Nave and chancel, south aisle with double transept, south west porch, vestries and organ chamber.
Dimensions:
The nave and chancel together measure approximately 31m / 100ft x 8m / 25ft.
Footprint of Church buildings: 426 m²
Description of Archaeology and History
The church was built in 1890-1 to designs by Thomas and Francis Healey; prolific architects in this area. There do not seem to have been any later additions to the structure. A church hall was built in 1968 to the north west of the church.
Exterior Description
St Andrew’s is an ambitious design by the Healey brothers using a mix of Arts and Crafts with Perpendicular styles to good effect. The site is approached from the south west with a wide open path leading to the main entrance, a south west porch. The site slopes down to the north which may have determined the single aisle to the south. The south elevation is clearly the show side and has a number of features whereas the north elevation is necessarily sheer.
The nave is of four and a half bays with a clerestorey level of three windows, each containing triplets of short lights with only a faint arch. The chancel roof is distinct but only fractionally lower than the nave giving a long emphasis to the east west axis. Both the nave and chancel roofs have decorative cross finials.
The south aisle has the most detail of all elevations and comprises, from west to east, the bell turret, porch, aisle, double transept and then vestries. The bell turret is octagonal and a rather unusual feature of the building design. It is slender with wooden tracery louvres about roof height and finished with a ogee cupola.
The gabled porch is relatively wide with diagonal buttresses and three steps to the door which has a pointed arch and simple hood mould. Over the door there is a small rectangular opening with two cusped lights. The west wall has two further separate cusped lights.
The south aisle leans onto the nave and reaches to the base of the clerestorey windows. The four windows in the aisle are irregular although all set in rectangular openings. From the west, beginning hard against the porch, there are two sets of paired cusped lights close together. Further apart follows a set of three cusped lights then a final pair, next to the transept with ogee tracery.
The double gabled transept projects from the aisle and each has a large pointed window with four low cusped lights and panel tracery above. Adjoining the eastern transept is the pyramidal roof of the vestry, fitting against the junction of the chancel, with a chimney centrally placed. The vestry has a doorway and a band of windows under a rectangular head in the south elevation. There are two squat windows in the south chancel wall, with a string course underneath. These are just visible behind the vestry and each have two cusped lights under a pointed arch.
The chancel gable is shouldered with short diagonal buttresses of two weatherings on either side. The east window is most impressive and has seven equal lights with panel tracery above.
The north elevation of the chancel has three windows as seen on the south side with the string course continuous to the nave. The north elevation of the nave has three seemingly randomly placed buttresses, each of two weatherings; the one between the nave and chancel larger in scale than the others. From east to west there is one small arched window with two cusped lights which breaks the stringcourse and then three evenly spaced windows each with three cusped lights and ogee shaped tracery under rectangular heads.
The west elevation is tall due to the drop in land to the north and has two equal sized windows, each of three lights under pointed arches, with ogee tracery overhead.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
1891
North wall, adjacent to the pulpit – small two light window. 1 Corinthians 15 v 11 In Memory of Joseph and Mary Hodgson erected by their children 1891
Stained Glass
In the north wall, central window, - Jesus calling the first disciples and also Peter walking on the water. A First World War memorial. To the Glory of God and to the immortal memory of the sailors and soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War 1914-1918. Especially those who were members of this congregation. 25 names listed.
Building Materials
Sandstone
Walls built with coursed hammer-dressed sandstone
Slate
Yorkshire stone slate roof
Interior
Interior Description
The porch steps up into the nave and has a main door to the north and a second to the east. The predominantly plain glazed windows create a light and pleasant interior to the nave; each window has a different leading pattern to create interest. At the west end a number of pews have been removed to create an open space and a screen demarcates the space from the nave proper. A kitchen area has been installed at the west end of the south aisle.
The arcade to the aisle is simple with pointed double chamfered arches and octagonal columns. The chancel arch is wide and similar in style to the arcade. The roof has arch-braced king-post trusses.
The transept is arranged as a lady chapel and opens directly from the arcade. A doorway to the east leads to the southern part of the second transept. The northern part is used as an organ chamber and has an open archway into the chancel and a screened arch from the other transept.
The chancel has a low stone screen dividing it from the nave which was installed in 1891 in memory of Major General W N Crompton-Stansfield who was Lord of the Manor of Yeadon and died in 1988. The east window makes a strong impact through the sheer amount of clear glazing and is a successful focal point. The chancel is raised by three shallow steps and the sanctuary a further three. The sanctuary has a stone cusped piscina.
Fixtures and fittings
Altar
1958
Oak table with turned legs. Small stone Mensa insert.
Pulpit
1891
An ornately carved stone pulpit integral to the low chancel wall installed in 1891. Rectangular in shape with traceried panels and a figure of Saint Andrew set on prominent corner.
Lectern
Nicely carved oak bookrest.
Font (object)
Octagonal stone bowl and stem, rather squat with inscription band around the top: Go Ye therefore and teach all nations baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
Organ (object)
1968
Woods of Huddersfield. Installed 1968.
Rail
Oak rail with balustrade at lower level and plain bar above. Central curved hinged sections.
Churchyard
Grid reference: SE 207 413
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 | No |
| Solar Thermal Panels | No |
| Biomass | No |
| Wind Turbine | No |
| Air Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ev Charging | No |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
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