Naunton Parish Church



St. Andrew's Church
Photos by John Wilkes
of Cam near Dursley,
Gloucestershire
The Gloucestershire
Photo Library
:

Page composition by
Allan Taylor
Vancouver, Canada
http://www.allthecotswolds.com
St. Andrew's, probably Norman in origin, is of ashlar stone with Cotswold stone roofing all in the Late Perpendicular style. The west tower is 15th C. The nave, chancel and north aisle are generally 16th C. The south porch and north vestry are 19th C. The church tower has three stages with diagonal buttresses on the two lower stages. It has battlements, pinnacles with carved heads, and gargoyles. In 1899 the church was restored and refurnished by Waller & Son. The font is 15th C and comprises an octagonal bowl decorated with quatrefoils in circles with centres of four-leafed flowers. Each face of the chamfer has a shield, and each face of the octagonal pillar has a simple trefoil-headed panel. The moulded and chamfered plinth rests on a low octagonal base. The pulpit is decoratively carved in stone later in the 15th C.
RETURN TO MONTAGE INDEX