Redruth, St Andrew

Historic England grade II, list entry 1161657.

Location

Location map.

GPS coordinates: (50.231707, -5.225494)

Notes on the church

  1. East Mission Room opened Truro Diocesan Kalendar p 144 (). Heard & Sons, Truro (D/E/3/2, D/E/4/1)
  2. Tenders invited for building the first portion Royal Cornwall Gazette p 1.
  3. Mission room at the East End still apparently in place in Kelly’s Directory of Cornwall p 1001 but moved to precincts of St Andrew’s Church by : Kelly’s Directory of Cornwall p 1254
  4. Foundation stone laid Truro Diocesan Kalendar p 149 (). Heard & Sons, Truro (D/E/3/3, D/E/4/2), Royal Cornwall Gazette p 5. Architects JD Sedding, and Mr. James Hicks, cost about £4500.
  5. Consecrated , Western Morning News p 6 (refers to description in earlier WMN), Royal Cornwall Gazette p 4, Cornish Telegraph p 6.
  6. Peter, Thurston C. Notes on the History of the Church in Redruth, p 9. Camborne, The Camborne Printing and Stationery Company, Limited, (a copy is held by the Courtney Library, Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro, classmark 726.51). If this Church is ever completed, it will form a decided ornament to the town, which at present is almost devoid of anything architecturally beautiful.
  7. Ladd Canney, the Revd Willie Richard, The story of Redruth and its churches. Gloucester, The British Publishing Company Limited (a copy is held by the Courtney Library, Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro, classmark 726.51). Clayton and Bell windows designed to form eventually a consecutive plan of illustrated Bible history.
  8. Truro Diocesan Magazine p 226. Netherton & Worth, Lemon Street, Truro (D/E/7/12, D/E/8/9) (November). Another stained window has been given in memory of the baptism of a child. Which window does this refer to?
  9. Laying of Foundation Stone of eastern part, below east window, , Cornish Post and Mining News p 4, Cornishman p 2.
  10. Announcement of dedication of new chancel on , Cornishman p 5.
  11. Dedication of complete church , Michell, Frank. The Centenary of St. Andrew’s Church Redruth, p 22. Redruth, Redborne Printing Works, (a copy is held by the Courtney Library, Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro, classmark 726.51).
  12. Michell, Frank. The Centenary of St. Andrew’s Church Redruth. Redruth, Redborne Printing Works, (a copy is held by the Courtney Library, Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro, classmark 726.51).
  13. Spargo, Tamsin. St. Andrew’s Church, Redruth.

The windows are listed starting from liturgical east and going round clockwise, looking down on the building from above. Insertion dates are given when a window has been replaced.