Church Door St Andrew's Stratton - geograph

St Andrew's Church is a Grade I listed church in Stratton,

Bude Bude (; kw, Porthbud) is a seaside town in north east Cornwall, England, in the civil parish of Bude-Stratton and at the mouth of the River Neet (also known locally as the River Strat). It was sometimes formerly known as Bude Haven.''Cornish ...

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. It is located along the main road in Stratton. The font is dated to the 12th century, the north aisle to the mid 14th. The tower, aisle and chancel date to the 15th century. The church was restored in 1888 by St Aubyn and Wadling. It became a

Grade I listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

on 5 March 1952.

The church

The oldest part of the structure is the mid-fourteenth century north aisle, with the south aisle, chancel and tower having been added in the fifteenth century. The font precedes these as it has been dated to the twelfth century. The vestry was added in the late nineteenth century and the church was restored and partially rebuilt by

James Piers St Aubyn James Piers St Aubyn (6 April 1815 – 8 May 1895), often referred to as J P St Aubyn, was an English architect of the Victorian era, known for his church architecture and confident restorations. Early life St Aubyn was born at Powick Vicarag ...

and Henry J. Wadling in 1888. The north aisle is constructed of rubble stone, the chancel, south aisle and tower is built of ashlar masonry and the south arcade is built of granite. The church is built in

Perpendicular style Perpendicular Gothic (also Perpendicular, Rectilinear, or Third Pointed) architecture was the third and final style of English Gothic architecture developed in the Kingdom of England during the Late Middle Ages, typified by large windows, four-c ...

except for the north arcade, which is built in

Decorated style English Gothic is an architectural style that flourished from the late 12th until the mid-17th century. The style was most prominently used in the construction of cathedrals and churches. Gothic architecture's defining features are pointed ar ...

. The porch has granite coping and kneelers, and the moulded, arched granite outer doorway is set under a

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in the gable. Apart from the arcade, the interior walls are plastered. The roof is probably original and is of the open waggon type with carved ribs and bosses. The bowl of the font is twelfth century and it stands on a nineteenth century base. The seventeenth century pulpit is five-sided, on a wineglass type stand; it has panels of round-headed blind arches. On the south side there is a stair to a former rood loft, and the rood screen dates to 1901. There are some good windows in the north aisle and tower.

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