Church Of St Andrew

A parish church of limestone ashlar with slate and plain tiled roofs, dating from the 13th century with major phases of building in the early 14th and 15th centuries. The church was substantially restored in 1870. It comprises a west tower, clerestoried nave with north and south aisles, chancel, and south porch.

The tall three-stage 14th-century tower features a chamfered plinth and string courses, a plain parapet with a cusped frieze bearing shields beneath, and crocketted angle pinnacles. Above rises a set-back spire with two tiers of gabled lucarnes in alternating directions and crockets. The belfry stage contains tall two-light louvered openings with panel traceried heads and continuously moulded surrounds. On the west face is a narrow two-light window with cusped panel tracery and chamfered surround.

The late 14th-century north aisle has stepped buttresses and a slate roof with raised stone-capped gables. To the west is a two-light panel traceried window with trefoil heads to the lights and a hollow moulded surround. A low doorway to the north has a four-centred arched head and continuously moulded surround. Two windows feature cusped heads, glazed spandrels, and square double chamfered surrounds.

The 15th-century embattled clerestorey comprises four three-light windows with roll moulded mullions, trefoil heads, and hollow moulded rectangular surrounds.

The chancel has a chamfered plinth and plain parapet. On the north is a two-light 14th-century window with pointed panel tracery and chamfered surround. The 15th-century east window, restored in the 19th century, has three cusped lights with panel tracery and chamfered surround. In the east wall of the nave is a three-light window with cusped heads to the lights and a four-centred arched surround. The south side of the chancel has two windows matching that to the north and a narrow pointed doorway.

The 14th-century south aisle has a moulded plinth, stepped buttresses, and a slate roof with raised stone-capped gables. It features a three-light 14th-century reticulated traceried east window with cusped ogee heads and a wave moulded four-centred arch surround. On the south side are two matching two-light windows, with a similar window to the west. The clerestorey matches the north side.

The gabled south porch has stepped angle buttresses, plain parapet, and scalloped 18th-century angle obelisks. In the gable are the initials IRL in Lombardic script. The outer doorway is pointed with a moulded surround and octagonal imposts, and has side benches. The 14th-century inner doorway is also pointed with a continuously moulded surround. A 18th-century six-panelled door with moulded stiles and muntins closes the entrance.

The interior contains three-bay nave arcades of quatrefoil plan with fillets, annular capitals, and tall double chamfered arches. The tall tower arch has triple engaged shafted reveals, engaged annular capitals, and a triple chamfered arch. Above is a section of 18th-century wall painting depicting crossed bones with the texts "Redeem the Time" and "Prepare to Die". The double shafted engaged reveals of the chancel arch are filleted with annular capitals supporting a double chamfered arch. To the south side is a doorway to the rood loft, and in the south aisle a further four-centred arched doorway to the stairs.

In the north aisle are two ogee-headed piscinas and two statue brackets. On the north wall is a 15th-century wall painting of a kneeling robed figure with scrolled text on a deep red ground spangled with white flowers. In the chancel is a trefoil-headed piscina, and on the east wall two statue brackets, one with a human head to the underside.

The fittings are predominantly 19th-century apart from an iron-bound oak chest in the south aisle and a 14th-century plain octagonal font.

The monuments include a limestone wall plaque to William Stennett (died 1767) in the tower, decorated with a cherub, flower garlands, and shell. In the chancel north wall is a square limestone pointed plaque to Cicily Sutton (died 1680) with epitaph and memento mori imagery. On the south wall is a small brass plaque to Charles Butler (died 1603 aged 8 years) with a shield of arms above the Latin inscription panel. On the north wall hangs a 17th-century lozenge-shaped hatchment.