Church of St Andrew, Moretonhampstead

• Grade: I
• Date: tower early 15th century (recorded 1418); nave and aisles late 15th century; restored 1856 and 1904-5
• Material: granite, aisle and porch walls rendered
• Historic England list entry: 1334222

St Andrew's stands at the east end of Fore Street in Moretonhampstead. The entry dates the tower to the early 15th century, adding that a new tower was recorded in 1418 in Bishop Stafford's register, and the nave and aisles to the late 15th century. Heavy restorations followed in 1856 and 1904-5. The tower is small dressed granite blocks in four stages, with battlements and corner pinnacles; the two-storey south porch is 16th century.

The 1856 restoration removed the original rood screen, and the present screen dates from 1904. Little earlier furniture survives: a 15th-century octagonal granite font, a carved wooden angel from the old 18th-century pulpit, and a wall memorial to Francis Whiddon, minister of the parish for 32 years, who died in 1656. Two early 19th-century memorials in the porch commemorate French soldiers.

Not the same church as St Andrew, Ashburton, Buckland Monachorum or Whitchurch.

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