Church of St Andrew is a Grade I listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1959. A C12 Church.
Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- unlit-kitchen-hyssop
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1959
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Andrew, Laysters
- OS grid reference
- SO 568 632
- Coordinates
- 52.26572, -2.63389
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Andrew is a parish church that dates back to the 12th century, featuring a nave from that time, a chancel from the 13th century, and a west tower. The church underwent restoration in the late 19th century, during which an organ chamber and a south porch were added. It is constructed from sandstone rubble with dressings of the same material and has a 20th-century tiled roof. The layout includes a west tower, a nave with a south porch, and a chancel with a north organ chamber.
The west tower consists of three stages topped by a pyramidal roof. It has single restored lancet windows on the south and west sides, along with square-headed loop vents in the bell stage—two on the south and one on the west. The nave features 19th-century traceried windows flanking the south porch, which has a 12th-century south doorway with moulded jambs, a shouldered lintel with a roll moulding, a semicircular-headed arch, and a plain tympanum. There are also two 19th-century two-light windows on the north side. The chancel includes a 19th-century trefoil-headed light with a label on the south side, to the right of a blocked doorway with a two-centred arched head and chamfered jambs, as well as a three-light east window from the 19th century.
Inside, the nave features a late 14th-century roof with eight bays, arch-braced collar-beam trusses, moulded wall plates, and two and a half tiers of cusped wind braces. The chancel has a three-bay 17th-century roof with open arch-braced collar-beam trusses. There is a plain semicircular-headed tower arch, and notably, there is no chancel arch. Among the fittings is a 12th-century font with a circular tapering bowl set on a later base.
Local climate
Church of St Andrew receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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