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St Andrew's Church, Buckland Monachorum
St Andrew's Church, Buckland Monachorum
	St Andrew's Church, Buckland Monachorum
	St Andrew's Church, Buckland Monachorum Location within Devon
	50°29′42.8″N 4°7′48″W / 50.495222°N 4.13000°W
Location	Buckland Monachorum
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Previous denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Dedication	Saint Andrew
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade I listed
Designated	21 March 1967
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Exeter
Archdeaconry	Plymouth
Deanery	Tavistock
Parish	Buckland Monachorum

St Andrew's Church, Buckland Monachorum is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in Buckland Monachorum, Devon.^[3]

History

The church is medieval, but much was rebuilt in the late 15th century.

A restoration was undertaken in 1868-69 under the supervision of Mr. H. Elliott, architect of Plymouth. The west end gallery was removed. The roof was restored. The old pews were replaced with new pews of oak. The medieval bench ends were preserved where possible and new ones carved in a similar style. The walls were plastered, and the windows were re-glazed with plain cathedral glass. A stained glass window by Heaton and Butler was installed at the east end with a representation of the Good Shepherd. The church reopened for worship on Thursday 8 July 1869.^[4]

The church is noted for the monuments in the Drake aisle. Those to George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield of 1795 and Sir Francis Henry Drake, 5th Baronet of 1794 are by John Bacon Senior. The memorial to Francis Augustus Eliott, 2nd Baron Heathfield is by John Bacon Junior and the memorial to Dame Eleanor Elliott Drake (d. 1841) is by Richard Westmacott.

Rectors

1271 Odo de Arundelle
1275 Nicholas de Peyntone
1276 John de Foresta
1305 Henry
1311 John de Trevelin
1334 Robert de Balraven
1349 Walter Weyringe
1349 Ralph Semia
1359 Robert Southam
1361 Jordan Fooke
1372 Walter Davy
1382 Thomas Wappelegh
1398 William Grim
1400 Gilbert Baker
1406 Thomas Bradelegh
1427 Walter Osborne
1478 Nicholas Jakys
1504 Robert Austyn alias Gumby
1533 Richard Hale
1536 Richard Gill
1542 Nicholas Swynerton
1557 John Tooker (the last Abbot of Buckland)
1564 William Vaughan
1573 Edmund Tyll
1589 Edmund Lawrye
1629 Christopher Lawrey
1646 Joseph Rowe
1708 Amos Crymes
1710 John Creed
1745 John Bedford
1752 Amos Crymes
1783 Charles Barter
1846 William Luke Nicholls
1851 John Thomas Walters
1853 John Lynes
1855 Richard James Hayne
1920 Lawrence Godfrey Chamberlen
1925 Charles Streat
1933 Bennett Guyon Leonard-Williams
1938 William Steel Dobson
1946 Francis John Cornish
1957 Reginald Charles Luckraft
1964 Peter Stanley Stephens
1974 Christophe Clarke Hughes
1984 Graham Michael Cotter
2019 Andrew Bowden

Organ

The organ was installed by H.P. Dicker of Exeter in 1849. It was playable either by a person on the keyboard, or by a barrel. It was the gift of Sir Thomas Fuller-Eliott-Drake, Bart.^[5]

It was expanded in 1920 by Hele & Co of Plymouth when a second manual was added. Subsequent rebuildings and enlargements have resulted in a 2 manual organ with 24 speaking stops. A specification of the organ can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.^[6]

Bells

The tower contains a peal of 8 bells.^[7] Five of the bells date from 1723 by Christopher and John Pennington, and 3 date from 1947 by Gillett & Johnston.

References

^ Historic England. "Church of St Andrew (Grade I) (1326380)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
^ "St Andrew's Buckland Monachorum". A Church Near You. The Church of England. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1952). The Buildings of England. South Devon. Penguin Books. p. 71.
^ "Reopening of Buckland Church". Tavistock Gazette. England. 16 July 1869. Retrieved 30 September 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Buckland Monachorum". Exeter and Plymouth Gazette. England. 14 April 1849. Retrieved 30 September 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "NPOR [A00465]". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
^ "Buckland Monachorum S Andrew". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Dovemaster. 25 November 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2019.