St Andrew's Church, Gatton

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St Andrew's Gatton
Location of St Andrew's, Gatton
51°15′39″N0°10′25″W / 51.26073324°N 0.1736285088°W / 51.26073324; -0.1736285088
LocationGatton Park, Gatton, Surrey, RH2 0TG
CountryEngland
Denomination Church of England
Website Church website
History
StatusActive
Foundedpre-880AD
Dedication St Andrew
Architecture
Functional status Parish church
Heritage designation Grade I listed
Architect(s) Unknown, E Webb
Years builtC13, 1834
Administration
Diocese Diocese of Southwark
Episcopal area Croydon Episcopal Area
Archdeaconry Archdeaconry of Reigate
Deanery Reigate
Parish Merstham & Gatton Team Ministry
Clergy
Vicar(s) Revd Nigel Griffiths

The Church of St Andrew, Gatton is a Church of England church in Gatton, near Reigate in Surrey, England. It is a Grade I listed. [1] The earliest record of a church on the site is in 880AD. Some fabric from the 13th century survives including a piscina and the font, but the church we see today mostly dates from an idiosyncratic restoration by Frederick, Baron Monson, and his architect E. Webb in 1834.

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Location

The church sits in Gatton Park (landscaped by Capability Brown), and next to Gatton Hall, the former home of the Barons Monson. St Andrew's served as much as the family's private chapel as the parish church. The last private owners of Gatton Hall moved out after 1945 and the Hall has since been acquired by The Royal Alexandra and Albert School.

Interior

The interior is laid out like a collegiate chapel rather than a parish church, with pews facing each other across the central aisle. There area an unusual number of high-quality antique fittings collected by Frederick, 5th Baron Monson from around Europe and installed in the church which was next to his residence at Gatton Hall. These include a pulpit and altar from Nuremberg, carved doors from Rouen, presbytery stalls from a disestablished monastery in Ghent, altar rails from Tongeren and stained glass from Aarschot. Some of the carvings on the altar and pulpit appear to come from a lost altarpiece from the workshop of Jan Genoots, perhaps dating from circa 1525–30. [2]

The Pevsner Architectural Guides describe this as "perhaps the best example in the country of the tendency for the church to become an extension of the landlord's parlour or sculpture gallery". [3]

Family pew

The Monson family pew is particularly unusual. It occupies the north transept and has its own private entrance connected to the hall by a covered walkway. It contains a fireplace and is furnished with upholstered chairs and benches. The Pevsner Architectural Guides describe it as "the perfect example of the English nobleman's wish to worship in comfort... With its atmosphere of being a sumptuous private chapel that has somehow got detached from the house, it is among the best in the country." [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Church of St Andrew (1294726)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  2. ↑ Woods, Kim (2007). Imported Images: Netherlandish Late Gothic Sculpture in England, C.1400-c.1550. Paul Watkins Publishing. ISBN   9781900289832.
  3. ↑ Nairn, Pevsner and Cherry 1971, p. 60.
  4. ↑ Nairn, Pevsner and Cherry 1971, pp. 250–251.

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