Church of St Andrew and St Mary, Grantchester

Church of St Andrew and St Mary
The Parish Church of Saint Andrew and Saint Mary
The church in 2005
Church of St Andrew and St Mary Location in Cambridgeshire
52°10′44″N0°05′45″E / 52.17879485582091°N 0.09570074369802553°E / 52.17879485582091; 0.09570074369802553
OS grid reference	SU 76723 91081
Location	Grantchester, Cambridgeshire
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Website	church.grantchester.org.uk
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	12th century
Dedication	Virgin Mary Andrew the Apostle
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	31 August 1962
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic
Specifications
Number of spires	1
Bells	3
Administration
Diocese	Ely
Deanery	Cambridge South Deanery
Parish	Grantchester
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Bishop of Ely - vacant
Vicar(s)	Jim Robinson

The Church of St Andrew and St Mary is a parish church of the Church of England located in the village of Grantchester, Cambridgeshire, England.

History

Interior of the church

The oldest part of the current church building dates from the 12th century. The chancel was built in the 14th century, while the nave and bell tower date from the 15th century. It was constructed using clunch and fieldstone. There was also a small transseptal chapel built in the 1400s but which was demolished in the 18th century. A 19th-century restoration saw the construction of a south aisle in the 1870s and an extensive restoration of the nave between 1876 and 1877. The tower includes three bells. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge has been a patron of the church since 1352. ^[1]

Interior

The church has several stained glass windows which mainly date from the 19th century. There is a Norman baptismal font, and the 17th century pulpit is believed to have come from the chapel of Corpus Christi College,. The organ was built in 1851. ^[2]

Popular culture

The church is used in the ITV drama titled Grantchester shown in the UK from autumn 2014 ^[3] and filmed on location in Grantchester. The drama is the adaptation of James Runcie's sleuth novels The Grantchester Mysteries .

References

1. "St Andrew & St Mary, Grantchester". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
2. "Case study of St Andrew and St Mary, Grantchester". www.issuu.com. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
3. Archived 1 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Interesting people buried in Grantchester Churchyard, from the Friends Of Grantchester Church newsletter