St Andrew's Church is in Rollestone Road, Rollestone, Wiltshire, England. It is a redundant Anglican church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[1] It was declared redundant on 1 July 1993, and was vested in the Trust on 8 February 1995.[2] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.[3]
| St Andrew's Church, Rollestone | |
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 St Andrew's Church, Rollestone, from the south | |
  St Andrew's Church, Rollestone Location in Wiltshire | |
| 51°11′14″N 1°53′46″W / 51.1872°N 1.8962°W | |
| OS grid reference | SU 074 431 |
| Location | Rollestone, Shrewton, Wiltshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | Churches Conservation Trust |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Redundant |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* |
| Designated | 18 February 1952 |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Flint and stone |
St Andrew's was built in the early 13th century.[1] For the early part of its history, until the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the church was a possession of the Knights Hospitaller.[4][5] It has been suggested that Jane Seymour was baptised at the church in the early 16th century around 1508, however this may be a confusion with another child of the same name.[6][5]
It is constructed in flint and stone in a chequerwork pattern.[1] The church consists of a chancel and nave which was given a new roof in the 16th century.[7] The nave is 32 feet (9.8 m) by 15 feet (4.6 m) while the chancel is 9 feet 8 inches (2.95 m) by 9 feet 6 inches (2.90 m).[4] Rebuilding work on the chancel and chancel arch were undertaken in 1845.[7] The church has two large Perpendicular windows.[1] The stained glass is 17th century.[5] The font dating from the 13th century and has a 17th-century cover.[5] The oak benches were brought from the redundant church of St Catherine's at Haydon, Dorset in 1981.[1]
Rollestone became part of the parish of Shrewton in the early 20th century. The parish now includes St Mary's Church, Maddington as well.[6][7]
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edit- ^ a b c d e St Andrew's Church, Rollestone, Wiltshire, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 1 April 2011
- ^ Diocese of Salisbury: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, p. 9, retrieved 1 April 2011
- ^ Historic England, "Church of St Andrew, Shrewton (1181917)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 September 2013
- ^ a b "Church of St. Andrew, Rollestone, Shrewton", Wiltshire Community History, Wiltshire Council, retrieved 4 September 2016
- ^ a b c d "St Andrew's Church, Rollestone", Salisbury Plain Benefice, retrieved 4 September 2016
- ^ a b Burston, Arnold, "Rollestone, Wiltshire", Rollestone-on-Dove, retrieved 4 September 2016
- ^ a b c Baggs, A.P.; Crittall, Elizabeth; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H., "Parishes: Rollestone In: A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 11, Downton Hundred; Elstub and Everleigh Hundred", British History Online, Victoria County History, retrieved 4 September 2016