THE SOUTH DEVON 



MONTHLY MUSEUM. 



PLYMOUTH, APRIL IST, 1834. 

 No. 16.] PRICE^SIXPENCE. [VOL. III. 



ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH, PLYMOUTH. 



WE have already presented to our readers an interior 

 view of St. Andrew's Church, and as an accompaniment 

 we now present an exterior one. Few in this neigh- 

 bourhood but are familiar with the latter ; and we are 

 inclined to hope that a great number are equally so 

 with the former. 



Little can or need be said further, as respects its late 

 improvements, but that the renovation of this part of the 

 edifice was not forgotten. The decayed portions of the 

 walls having been removed ; new porches built ; new mu- 

 rinions introduced into most of the windows ; and the 

 whole of the walls newly pointed. This part of the con- 

 tract was undertaken by Messrs. Shepheard and Oldrey. 



The general effect of this building is not unimposing 

 though nowise remarkable for workmanship and execu- 

 tion. A good view of it however, as is the case with 

 too many of our sacred edifices, is prevented by the over- 

 flowing state of the Church yard. We hope the " march 

 of intellect " will sweep away that remnant of supersti- 

 tion and prejudice, which induces us to make our 

 churches into charnel houses. 



We have no certain record of the erection of the pre- 

 sent building, but the foundation is of early origin, 

 being mentioned in a survey of the Western Churches 

 of this kingdom made, in 1291, by order of Pope Nicho- 

 las. It was formerly connected with the buildings on 

 the south, (and is believed to be so now by subterrane- 

 ous passsages,) called the Abbey, this being the Church 



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