Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Hyndburn local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1984. Church.
Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- narrow-sandstone-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hyndburn
- Constituency
- Hyndburn MP: Sarah Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1984
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Andrew, Empress Street
- OS grid reference
- SD 748 286
- Coordinates
- 53.75332, -2.38247
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Andrew, built between 1912 and 1913 by Grimshaw and Cunliffe, is a notable example of Arts and Crafts Perpendicular style architecture. Constructed from snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings and featuring a banded slate roof, the church has an aisled nave that appears as a single vessel, with the roof sweeping out over the aisles. The gabled double transepts are embraced by the nave roof, and the chancel is flanked by a side chapel and a vestry, with a southeast tower.
The south end of the church features a large traceried window, which is crossed by a panel of blind arcading, and stepped bands in the gable above. To the left of the first bay is a Tudor-style porch with an exaggerated chequered parapet, while to the right is the tower, which includes a Tudor-arched doorway on the east side, a chequered first-floor band, diagonal buttresses, coupled two-light belfry openings, and simplified battlements. The aisles are adorned with three large segmental-headed windows, and the transepts have tall arched windows, both showcasing unique perpendicular tracery.
Inside, the church is finished in pink sandstone and features five-bay aisle arcades supported by slim octagonal columns, with transverse arches leading to the transepts. A carved wooden screen to the side chapel is set within an elegant arcade that has panelled spandrels. The nave boasts a wagon roof, while the chancel has a king-post roof.
Local climate
Church of St Andrew sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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