Church Of St Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is a Grade II* listed building located in Ashford Bowdler. It dates back to the 12th and 15th centuries and underwent restorations in 1846, 1904, and 1907. The church is constructed from sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and features a slate roof with verge and bargeboards. A wooden turret and spire are clad with wood shingles.

The church's plan includes a chancel with a north vestry, a nave that incorporates the turret with spire, and a south porch. The chancel was rebuilt in 1907 and includes Norman-style lancets on each side, along with a Decorated-style east window featuring three cusped lancets and a rose window above. The early 20th-century north vestry extension is also noted. The nave has restored opposing twin cusped lancets on the north and south sides, and a 19th-century two-centred arched window to the north. There are rubble-blocked Norman doorways on both the north and south walls. The west window is of the Decorated style, featuring twin cusped lancets with a trefoil above. The south door, dating from the 15th century, is two-centred arched and is accompanied by an early 20th-century slate-roofed gabled south porch. The bell-turret was remodelled in 1846 to create a broach spire from a needle spire, featuring louvred bell-openings.

Inside, the chancel has an early 20th-century trussed rafter roof and a chancel arch. The nave features a plastered ceiling, a piscina on the south wall, mid-19th-century box pews, and panelling from older pews that form a dado and pulpit. There are five mid-18th to early 19th-century armorial tablets commemorating the Green family, including one with a cornice and urn for Thomas Green, who died in 1825, created by Samuel Stead of Ludlow, and another with urns and an obelisk for Johnathan Green, who died in 1792, made by Stephens of Worcester. Additionally, there are four mid-18th-century armorial tablets for the Hall family. A notable memorial for Thomas Bourke Ricketts, who died in 1864, features genealogical information on the main slab and three additional slabs beneath.