Church of St Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building constructed in 1862 by James Piers St. Aubyn. It is made of Leicestershire granite rubble with sandstone dressings and features a plain tile roof. Designed in the Early English style, the church includes buttresses with set-offs, a nave and chancel combined into one, an east end apse, a vestry apse to the north-east, transepts, and a south-west porch. The east apse has three lancet windows, while the vestry apse has a single lancet. There is a door to the north vestry, and the transept windows consist of triple lancets with a simple rose window above. The nave sides also have lancet windows, and the west end features two lancets along with a rose window in the gable. The porch, added in 1911, has a moulded doorway with a hood mould and a coped gable topped with a finial. A small bellcote is situated on the nave roof.

Inside, the east lancets are adorned with stained glass from 1881 by FA Oldaker of Epsom. The church also contains choir stalls and three additional stained glass windows in the nave from 1917 and 1920 by Kempe and Co. The roof is supported by scissor trusses on braces that rise from stone corbels, with two tiers of purlins and windbraces. The nave features a set of benches and a simple drum font at the west end.

Historically, the church was built to serve the community of Thringstone in the parish of Whitwick, driven by the efforts of Rev. Francis Merewether. It was partly intended to counteract what he viewed as a revival of Roman Catholicism in the parish, which began with the establishment of Mount St Bernard's Abbey, designed by Pugin. St Andrew's Church, while much smaller, is well-designed and reflects a similarly austere style, making careful use of the local granite.