Church Of St Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is a parish church dating back to the 15th century, with significant alterations in the 19th century. It is constructed of coursed rock-faced ashlar with ashlar dressings, and has plain tiled roofs with stone coped gables. The church comprises a south-east angle tower and spire, a nave, a chancel, a north aisle, and a south porch. The tower's octagonal lower stage is distinguished by stepped buttresses and single louvred lancet windows on each side. Above a hollow chamfered string course, the tall spire culminates in a double knop and features four gabled lucarnes with trefoil heads. A single, three-light window with panel tracery is set within the west wall of the nave, and a pair of lancets are found in the west wall of the north aisle. The 15th-century north aisle exhibits a chamfered plinth, angle buttresses and a plain parapet, with three three-light windows along the north side, each having tightly cusped tracery in the heads and four-centred arched surrounds. A priest’s door is distinguished by a continuously moulded four-centred arched surround with a moulded head. The east wall of the chancel features a 19th-century four-light window with panel tracery, while a pair of 19th-century lancets are located in the south chancel wall. Two three-light windows, also of the 19th century and with pointed heads to the lights and four-centred arched surrounds, are present in the south wall of the nave. The gabled south porch has a pointed outer doorway with moulded head and reveals, planked double doors, and a plain pointed overlight. The pointed 15th-century inner doorway consists of two chamfered orders with chamfered imposts, reveals and a hood with beast head stops. The interior includes a three-bay 15th-century north arcade with octagonal pillars, moulded capitals, and double chamfered arches, mirroring the double chamfered chancel arch. A small 15th-century four-centred arched doorway leads from the north wall into the vestry, supported by embattled corbels. The church's fittings are primarily 19th-century, including a plain, circular, tapering tub font. Monuments include a 14th-century tomb recess with a crocketted gable, containing the monument to Thomas Wyke, who is depicted as a recumbent effigy in full vestments. Also in the north aisle is a chest tomb dedicated to William Paulet, who died in 1464. This chest is constructed of plain ashlar, with panelled sides and a small brass inscription panel on the top ledger slab.