Heritage Open Days at St. Andrew's Northover Somerset

St Andrew's Church, Northover, Somerset

Origins as a Saxon Minster, and a tragic artist’s link with the existing church.

St Andrew’s pre-Domesday...and a 19th century mystery

The present building is 14th century and later but St Andrew’s was a Saxon Minster. We look at its Saxon history and explain a Minster’s purpose. Jump forward to the 19th century and research suggests a gifted artist is buried in the churchyard.

Many people driving through Ilchester would not realise that once they cross the river bridge heading north they are in the ancient parish of Northover. Here St Andrew’s stands on a mound just a few hundred yards from a Romano-British cemetery. Friends of St Andrew’s will welcome visitors on our two Heritage Open Half-Days. Display boards will tell of the old Saxon Minster which once stood here, and look at the life of St Andrew. Visitors will also have the chance to decide whether a gifted artist whose death is still officially a mystery, died in Ilchester Gaol and was buried in St Andrew’s churchyard. We present an art historian’s research.

Timings & Tours

Saturday 07 September:

10:00-13:00

Wednesday 11 September:

13:00-16:00

Location & directions

St Andrew's Church, Northover, Ilchester, Somerset, BA22 8LD

Contact on day:

Saturday September 7 10am-1pm Chris Jessop 07935 556426 Wednesday September 11 1pm-4pm Tina Rowe 07715 770234

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

Parking usually available in nearby layby...........entry through gate into small public ‘garden’ then up five steps to sloping pathway....Care if wet. Entrance to church by east door (signposted) across churchyard grass.

Additional information

Wear suitable footwear for grass/wet sloping pathway.

For more info head to: https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/st-andrew-s-pre-domesday-and-a-19th-century-mystery.html