Church of St Andrew, Northover

Church of St Andrew
Location Northover, Ilchester, Somerset, England
Coordinates 51°00′21″N 2°40′50″W / 51.00583°N 2.68056°W / 51.00583; -2.68056Coordinates: 51°00′21″N 2°40′50″W / 51.00583°N 2.68056°W / 51.00583; -2.68056
Built 14th century
Governing body Churches Conservation Trust
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name: Church of St Andrew
Designated 19 April 1961[1]
Reference no. 418788
Location of Church of St Andrew in Somerset

The Church of St Andrew, Northover, in Ilchester, Somerset, England, dates from the 14th and 15th centuries. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building,[1] and is a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] It was vested in the Trust on 1 July 1986.[3]

The church stands close to the River Yeo and on the site of an earlier Roman building and associated cemetery next to the Fosse Way.[2][4] It was also the site of as minster church in the Saxon era,[1] when it was held by Glastonbury Abbey. After the Norman Conquest it was held by Maurice, Bishop of London, until was appropriated by St. John's hospital, Bridgwater, in 1219.[5]

The nave and chancel were rebuilt in 1821[5] and the building was restored in 1878 by Charles Benson.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Historic England, "Church of St Andrew, Ilchester (1267315)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 8 July 2013
  2. 1 2 3 St Andrew's Church, Northover, Somerset, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 2 April 2011
  3. ↑ Diocese of Bath and Wells: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, p. 4, retrieved 2 April 2011
  4. ↑ Havinden, Michael. The Somerset Landscape. The making of the English landscape. London: Hodder and Stoughton. p. 69. ISBN 0-340-20116-9.
  5. 1 2 R. W. Dunning (editor), A. P. Baggs, R. J. E. Bush, Margaret Tomlinson (1974). "Parishes: Northover". A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 3. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
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