Church of St Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is a parish church dating back to the 12th century, with significant alterations and rebuilding in the 13th, 14th and 18th centuries. The west tower was repaired in 1821, and the church was restored in 1910. It is constructed of coursed squared sandstone and red brick with sandstone dressings, and has lead roofs.

The west tower comprises three stages, divided by chamfers. The lowest stage forms a tall plinth. The next stage has a roughly cut lancet window on each side, except the east. Two-light bell openings with flat arches and Dec tracery are on each side, and a rectangular, louvred opening is on the south. A moulded cornice and battlemented parapet top the tower, surmounted by a short, octagonal stone spire with one tier of lucarnes.

The nave was rebuilt in the 18th century, incorporating medieval masonry internally and brickwork externally. It features a stone plinth and stone-coped parapets, with stone quoins to the south. To the north are two round-arched windows with stone surrounds, key and impost blocks. The south side has similar windows, and a round-arched doorway with a similar moulded surround, key and impost blocks. The nave windows have cast iron frames with leaded lights. The chancel south side has a two-light Dec window with a square head, containing tracery similar to the bell openings, and a plain, unmoulded pointed arched priests doorway with a 20th-century plank door. Beside the doorway is a three-light Dec window with cusped lights, mouchettes, and reticulated tracery. The east end of the chancel has diagonal buttresses and a three-light window with reticulated tracery, partly renewed. A single two-light window of two plain arched lights under a flat head, possibly from the 16th century, is on the north side of the chancel, alongside a buttress. A chamfered string course runs above the windows on the north and south sides of the church.

Inside, the tower has a plain pointed arch with impost blocks. The chancel arch is round-arched with zigzag ornament, featuring colonnettes with elementary capitals and bases. Remains of painted scenes are visible above the chancel arch. The chancel has a single purlin roof with a cambered tie beam. A tomb slab with a plain inscription commemorates George Harpur (died 1658), and a brass inscription plate commemorates his wife, Anna (died 1688). Early 18th-century communion rails with heavy turned balusters are present. A brass tablet shaped like a shield commemorates Simon Bristowe and others (late 17th century), and a defaced tablet commemorates a Harpur Crewe (circa 1700) are also found. The east window contains stained glass from 1906 by T Dudley Forsyth of London. A pair of single-tier brass chandeliers and a carved 19th-century octagonal font are also present.