Church of St Andrew is a Grade II* listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1967. A C18 Church.

Church of St Andrew

WRENN ID
salt-brass-coral
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
East Lindsey
Constituency
Louth and Horncastle MP: Victoria Atkins (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 March 1967
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Andrew, Church Lane, South Thoresby
OS grid reference
TF 401 770
Coordinates
53.27213, 0.10004
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Andrew is a parish church built in 1738 and restored in 1872. It is constructed of red brick in English bond with ashlar dressings and features lead roofs with stone coped gables. The church includes a western tower, nave, and chancel. The tower is three stages high, with a chamfered plinth, two stone bands, and an offset belfry stage that has a plain parapet and crocketed corner pinnacles. The belfry stage has semi-circular headed blocked openings with ashlar key and impost blocks on the south and north sides, and a similar louvred opening on the west side with an ashlar surround. The south doorway consists of six panels set in a Gibbsian surround, topped with a pediment that has the date 1738 carved into it. The leaded west window is a taller version of the belfry light. The side walls of the nave feature a plinth and brick dentillated eaves, with two semi-circular headed lights at the west end. The chancel's east window is a Venetian window in the same style, with broad pilasters dividing the lights.

Inside, the nave and chancel are not differentiated, featuring a deeply coved ceiling cornice. The altar rail has turned and fluted balusters that have been reused. There is an octagonal panelled 18th-century pulpit and reader's desk, while all other fittings are from the 19th century, except for the 14th-century octagonal font with traceried panels on the bowl. Notable monuments include a marble wall plaque in the form of an obelisk on the south wall of the nave, dedicated to Willoughby Wood, who died in 1786, featuring an oval cartouche with a rose bush and a single fallen rose.

Local climate

Church of St Andrew receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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