Letcombe Regis : St Andrew

St Andrew’s Church is in the centre of the village and has been at the heart of village life for hundreds of years, the first documentary evidence of this being in The Domesday Book of 1086. This medieval church building dates from the twelfth century, the oldest parts being the font and the lower stages of the tower. Over the centuries there have been numerous additions and alterations to the building .

About this church

The 15th century building has a massive tower – the two lower stages date from c. 1195. The priest’s doorway on the south side of the chancel is 14th century work,
The 12th-century font consists of a circular tub-shaped bowl with scalloping round the top between two round mouldings and stands on a circular moulded base without stem. It has a flat 17th-century wooden cover. The 15th-century chancel screen with fourcentred traceried panels on each side of the opening, has been preserved. In the nave there is a mural monument erected in 1731 to Alexander Fettiplace (d. 1712). In the 18th century, a west gallery containing an organ was erected. The pulpit and desk were in the south-east corner of the nave and the squire’s pew on the north side of the chancel. A leaded roof was erected in 1737. In 1863 the church was restored, new roofs of higher pitch erected, the gallery and fittings removed, and the porch constructed.

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