THE PRIORY CHURCH OF ST ANDREWS - Hexham - List Entry

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Hexham Abbey


Hexham

  • Description

    "Former Augustinian Priory. Originally founded by St Wilfrid circa 673 - the crypt dates this period. The choir, transepts and tower are circa 1180; the nave was burnt 1296 and rebuilt in 1908 by Temple Moor. Much recent restoration. Embattled crossing tower. 5 bay aisled chancel, the easternmost taken down and rebuilt slightly higher circa 1858; fragments of possibly late-Saxon apse below. 3 bay transepts with eastern aisles. South bay of south transept has slype with gallery to night stairs above. 6 bay nave, Exterior uniformly early English, apart from decorated tracery of nave windows...."
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    Historic England
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    Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1042576
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    Added by: Simon Cotterill
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