Listed Building record MDO4512 - Parish church of St Andrew, Okeford Fitzpaine

Parish church; west tower partially 14th century; rest of tower and parts of nave and aisles 15th century; Chancel, vestry and extensive general restoration 1865. 1865 work by J Hicks. Coursed rubble, squared coursed rubble and ashlar. Gable ended tile roof with stone copings. Partially in the 'perpendicular' and partially in the 'decorated' style.

THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. ANDREW stands on a knoll in the S.E. quarter of the village and has walls of Greensand and Marnhull limestone, both materials occurring as rubble, squared rubble and ashlar. The roofs are covered with modern tiles. The Chancel was rebuilt in 1772 and again in 1865; the Nave and Aisles are largely of 1865, but they retain elements of a 15th-century structure. The West Tower is of the mid 15th-century, but it incorporates, in the ground stage, a 14th-century tower arch and a W. window of the same date; for some unknown reason the tower was specially designed to accommodate these features. The church is of interest for the unusual tower arch. The pulpit is an elaborate work of the 15th century, but much restored.<2>

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