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Church of St Andrew, Ashburton
Ashburton, Devon
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- Grade: I
- Date: early or mid 15th century (tower before 1449); restored 1882-3
- Material: stone rubble with granite dressings, slate roof
- Historic England list entry: 1201040
St Andrew's stands on West Street in Ashburton. Historic England dates it to the early or mid 15th century, with the tower built before 1449, and records a restoration by G E Street in 1882-3. It is stone rubble with granite dressings under a slate roof.
The listing calls the west tower, about 21 m high and rising in three stages, the finest feature. Inside, the arcades are octagonal granite columns, and the aisle and chancel-chapel roofs carry carved bosses, one said to bear the letter L for Bishop Lacey (1420-56). The pulpit is by Harry Hems of Exeter. Most of the fittings are Victorian or later, so the interest here is the structure and the tower.
Not the same church as St Andrew, Buckland Monachorum, Moretonhampstead or Whitchurch.
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