Church Of St Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is a parish church dating back to the 12th century, with significant additions and alterations in the 13th and 14th centuries, and a major restoration during 1874-5 by Evans & Jolly. The church is constructed of coursed squared gritstone with gritstone dressings, and has a plain tile roof with decorative ridge tiles, along with stone-coped gables. A west bellcote sits atop the west elevation. The building comprises a nave, chancel, a north vestry, and a south porch. The west elevation features diagonal and central buttresses, with restored plain lancet windows, each with a hood mould. A gabled double bellcote is positioned above. The south side of the nave has four bays defined by buttresses. A gabled, timber-framed porch, with decorative bargeboards and mullioned windows, is centrally placed. To the left of the porch is a two-light window in a Decorated style, and to the right a similar window. Adjacent to this is a small, low, blocked, round-arched doorway with a chamfered surround, followed by a narrow, chamfered lancet window. The chancel incorporates a single lancet window on its south side and a three-light east window composed of three stepped lights, with low clasping buttresses. The gabled north vestry features a square-headed, two-light window in the Decorated style, and a doorway to the west. A chimney stack is located at the junction of the vestry and nave. The north side of the nave includes three bays divided by buttresses, and three two-light windows with Decorated tracery. Inside, the chancel arch consists of two chamfered orders, with the inner order supported by corbels. The roof is of a scissor braced design relating to the 19th century. The communion rails date from the 17th century, featuring turned balusters. A 19th-century pulpit incorporates Jacobean fragments. A brass inscription plate is affixed to the north wall of the nave, commemorating Sir John Bentley, who died in 1621. A memorial tablet to Rachel Radford, died 1779, and John Radford, died 1788, depicts a fluted urn against an obelisk backdrop, set on a slate panel. A painted panel in the chancel lists singers and bears the inscription "For those Singers was this seat erected 1765." A small, plain, medieval octagonal font sits on an octagonal base. The painted Royal Arms of William IV are displayed on the west wall. Stained glass windows include one in the east end dating from 1904 by Kempe and Tower, and a north nave window created around 1874 by Mayer & Co of Munich and London, characterized by bold colours.