Church Of St Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is a parish church located on Main Street in Countesthorpe. The tower dates from the 15th century, while the rest of the church was built in 1841 by H. Goddard. The interior was remodeled in 1907 by T.P. Brown. The building is constructed of random granite rubble with limestone dressings and has Welsh slate roofs.

The church features a west tower, a nave with two aisles, and a chancel. The tower has angle buttresses and paired foiled lights in the bell chamber, along with an embattled parapet and angle pinnacles topped with fleurons above the corbels. A door has been cut through the plinth of the west wall, with a three-light Perpendicular window above it. The south porch is coped and gabled, and the buttressed south aisle has lancet windows. The nave and aisles are roofed in a single span, with lancet windows in the chancel and a three-light Decorated style window on the east side. The north side features lancet and wide traceried lights, as well as a vestry.

Inside, the rubble walls are exposed throughout. The triple chamfered tower arch appears to be early 14th century, and above it, a former roof profile is visible. The three-bay arcades are made of brick with flat arches and minimal abaci on square pillars. The roof springs from corbels, with tie beams supported by king struts. The chancel arch, also of brick, matches the minimal style of the nave arcades and has a low relief brick cross above it. The chancel includes wood panelling and a reredos.

A medieval octagonal font with plain panels and moulding above the shaft is present, along with the arms of George II over the south doorway. The stained glass includes a window in the east of the south aisle by Kempe, commemorating St. Andrew, and undated glass in the chancel east window, predominantly blue and red, depicting the Crucifixion.