{"id":12549,"date":"2024-02-26T19:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T19:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=12549"},"modified":"2024-03-04T08:40:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T08:40:35","slug":"days-out-st-andrews-abbots-ripton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=12549","title":{"rendered":"DAYS OUT: St Andrew\u2019s, Abbots Ripton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Revisiting this church.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Last time I stopped to look at this church it was locked. Same again this time. But\u2026 after leaving the porch to look around outside, I heard a voice. Returning to the door, I found a lady had opened it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a choir group inside who\u2019d just finished a rehearsal, and were leaving. Could I look around? Yes. Fab!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Puts me in mind if a child\u2019s kaleidoscope.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like most English churches that predate The Reformation, this one was vandalised at that time. With the result that the stained glass is, as is often the case, a hodge-podge of later additions\/renewals. Many, here at St Andrew\u2019s, in quite simple and basic style. Such as the above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unusual!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And, as a result of this post Refornation practice, some of the glass here is quite unusual, in places. Such as the above mix of plain grid functionality with \u2018old-fashioned\u2019 figuration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nice Morris style patterned partition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The choir were practicing at the end of the nave, just to the right of the above partition. And they were exiting the church via a door at left, behind or through the curtain. This sort of Victorian or later addition, which you see a lot, creating extra \u2018rooms\u2019 in old churches, can look a bit clunky, aesthetically. But it\u2019s easy to see why, from a practical point of view, it\u2019s done so often. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Very nice!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The rather nice light above is hidden away somewhat in the \u2018room\u2019 created by the partitioning already referred to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A rather plain and austere altar style display.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I can\u2019t recall if the above is the altar or not. If it is, it\u2019s remarkably plain! Almost austere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another odd window. Mostly plain, with a little detail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Zooming in; a very recent bit of dedication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Even more basic kid\u2019s kaleidoscope stuff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fairly plain. But still beautiful.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Church roofs are usually worth a heavenwards glance. Even the plainer ones. Such is the case here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screen doors at the main exit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not sure when it became a normal practice, but a great many churches have screen-doors, in what look very clearly like later additions. I wonder what started this practice? Maybe church porches filling up with dead wind-blown leaves, at certain times of year?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Porch window.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Church windows are interesting from many points of view. One is that they reveal – by virtue of puncturing the skin of the building – the thickness of walls. Which tend, in older churches, to be be almost castle thick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Very pretty.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One last snap, as I return to the car. At which point it started to rain again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a sweet little \u2018park\u2019 type rest or picnic spot, adjoining the church. It\u2019s just out of camera on the right, in the above photo. I think I might\u2019ve even snapped it on a previous visit to this church? If so, I\u2019ll link to it\u2026 yep, here it is<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glad to revisit St. Andrew\u2019s, and this time get a look around inside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last time I stopped to look at this church it was locked. Same again this time. But\u2026 after leaving the porch to look around outside, I heard a voice. Returning to the door, I found a lady had opened it. There was a choir group inside who\u2019d just finished a rehearsal, and were leaving. Could … <\/p>\n

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