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St Andrew's Church, Wimpole

18th-century Church of England church buildingsGrade II* listed churches in Cambridgeshire
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St Andrew's Church, Wimpole is a Grade II* listed building in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, England. It remains an active parish church within the Orwell Group of Parishes, holding services on the first and third Sundays of each month. The church is next-door to Wimpole Hall, the largest house in Cambridgeshire. The church dates from medieval times but the current building is mainly the result of a rebuilding project in the 18th century carried out by one of the owners of the hall, the Earl of Hardwicke. The Earl's architect was Henry Flitcroft, who demolished the medieval church on the site apart from the north chapel (sometimes known as the Chicheley Chantry), which was incorporated in the new building. The part of the church nearest the house is faced in stone, but the rest of the structure is mainly in red brick. There are a number of monuments in the church including one by John Flaxman. A stained-glass window commemorates Thomas Agar-Robartes, one of a number of MPs who were killed in World War I, and his mother Mary, Viscountess Clifton. In the graveyard is a monument to Elsie Bambridge, the daughter of Rudyard Kipling, who left Wimpole Hall to the National Trust.

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St Andrew's Church, Wimpole
East Bridge, South Cambridgeshire

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SG8 0BS South Cambridgeshire
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