St Andrew, Shifnal
St Andrew, Shifnal
St Andrew's is a Grade I parish church on Church Street in Shifnal, Shropshire, in the Diocese of Lichfield: a large cruciform church of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, altered after a fire in 1591 and restored in 1876-79 by Sir George Gilbert Scott.
- Location
- Shifnal, Shropshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Shropshire
- City / town
- Shifnal
- Address
- Church Street, Shifnal, Shropshire, TF11 9AB
- Postcode
- TF11 9AB
- Built
- C12 and C13; altered C14, C15 and after a fire of 1591; restored 1876-79
- Architect
- Sir George Gilbert Scott (restoration 1876-79)
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Andrew
- Diocese
- Lichfield
- Parish
- Shifnal
- Grade
- I
- Style
- Norman and Gothic
- Materials
- Random coursed sandstone, ashlar and old tile roofs
- Grid reference
- SJ 746 074
- Opening hours
- Monday to Friday 10.30am to 2pm.
- Access
- Accessible toilets in church. Level access to the main areas. Ramp or level access available on request
Overview
Historic England lists the Church of St Andrew (list entry 1367657, designated 26 May 1955). The listing records a parish church of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, with alterations in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and after a fire of 1591, restored in 1876-79 by Sir George Gilbert Scott. Fabric is random coursed sandstone, ashlar and old tile roofs. The plan is cruciform, with a late-thirteenth-century central tower of three stages with a battlemented parapet and pyramidal roof, a four-bay chancel with south chapel and north vestry, and a four-bay nave and aisles with a south porch. The south porch has a tripartite vault with moulded ribs. The south transept retains a blocked twelfth-century doorway of two orders of shafts with shaft rings and carved capitals.
The church stands on the north side of Church Street in the centre of Shifnal. A chest tomb about one metre south of the south chapel is listed separately at Grade II. The parish website is the church's own site.