- Church of St Andrew, Northover
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Church of St Andrew 
Location: Northover, Ilchester, Somerset, England Coordinates: 51°00′21″N 2°40′50″W / 51.00583°N 2.68056°WCoordinates: 51°00′21″N 2°40′50″W / 51.00583°N 2.68056°W Built: 14th century Governing body: Churches Conservation Trust Listed Building – Grade II* Official name: Church of St Andrew Designated: 19 April 1961[1] Reference #: 418788 
Location of Church of St Andrew in SomersetThe Church of St Andrew, Northover, Ilchester, Somerset, England dates from the 14th and 15th centuries. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building,[1] and is now 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]
See also
- List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in South West England
References
- ^ a b c "church of St Andrew". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=418788. Retrieved 11 November 2006.
- ^ a b c St Andrew's Church, Northover, Somerset, Churches Conservation Trust, http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/St-Andrews-Church-Northover-Somerset/, retrieved 2 April 2011
- ^ (PDF) Diocese of Bath and Wells: All Schemes, Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, p. 4, http://www.churchofengland.org/media/810289/bath%20and%20wells%20-%20all%20schemes.pdf, retrieved 2 April 2011
- ^ Havinden, Michael. The Somerset Landscape. The making of the English landscape. London: Hodder and Stoughton. pp. 69. ISBN 0340201169.
- ^ a b 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. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66501#s5. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
Categories:- Church of England churches in Somerset
- Grade II* listed churches
- Grade II* listed buildings in Somerset
- 14th-century architecture
- Churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust
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