Site Event/Activity record ECC735 - Survey of St Andrews Church, Greenstead, Colchester, 1922

Location

Location St Andrews Church, Greenstead, Colchester
Grid reference TM 01922 24996 (point)
Map sheet TM02SW
1848 Parish ST ANDREWS, Greenstead
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

RCHME (Swindon)

Date

1922

Map

Description

Survey by RCHME of St Andrews Church, Greenstead. The walls are of mixed rubble and the west tower is of red brick; the roofs are covered with tiles and slates. The W part of the N wall of the Nave is perhaps of the 12th century. Late in the 16th century the West Tower was added. The Chancel and the E part of the nave were refaced but perhaps not entirely rebuilt late in the 18th century and are recovered with rough cast. The South Chapel and Aisle and the North Porch are modern. Architectural Description- The Chancel and Nave are structurally undivided. The E wall is probably old up to the springing of the window-head, where there is a set-off; the E. window is of the 18th century. In the N wall are three modern windows and further W. is the plastered N doorway with plain jambs and a round head; the NW angle has quoins partly of Roman brick and perhaps of the 12th century. The S arcade is modern. The West Tower (6ft square) is of late 16th century date and of red brick; it is of three stages with some diapering in black brick and a modern parapet. The plastered tower-arch is two centred and of two chamfered orders, the outer continuous and the inner resting on modern corbels. The 18th century W window is set in an opening with moulded stone jambs of reused material. The second stage has in the N.S. and W. walls a window with a plain segmental head and a modern inserted mullion. The bell-chamber has in each wall a similar but larger window with two inserted mullions. The Roof of the nave is of trussed-rafter type and ceiled, but the old timbers are exposed under the eaves of the N wall. (See RCHME Volume for fittings).<1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1922. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England): Essex, (North-East). Volume III. page 46-47.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Church of St Andrews, Greenstead, Colchester (Building)

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Feb 23 2016 11:23AM

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