Church of St Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is a parish church largely dating to the 12th century, with alterations in the 13th century and a restoration in 1859 by G Truefitt, followed by repairs in 1980. The structure is built of tufa blocks, some coursed and some coursed and squared, with freestone dressings, and has a plain-tiled roof and a timber bell turret. The church consists of a nave and chancel, with 19th-century additions of a bell turret and a south porch.

The 12th-century nave has three bays, featuring two tall round-headed windows and one thin lancet window to the north side, and a paired and single lancet window to the south side, all restored. A small round-headed window is set high in the center of the south side. The west window is of 19th-century design with plate tracery. A square timber bell turret, constructed in 1859, has a pyramidal roof and three cusped louvred windows on each side. A 19th-century north porch is built of ashlar with a steep gabled roof and a cusped timber outer archway. The north door dates to the 12th century and features a single order of columns with scalloped capitals, a plain tympanum and deep zig-zag enrichment to the arch. The chancel is mostly 13th-century, with the north wall rebuilt in the 16th century. It contains a paired lancet window on the north side, a paired and single lancet on the south side, and a three-light stepped lancet east window, all from the 19th century but incorporating some original stonework in their inner parts.

The interior features a fine tie- and collar-beam roof, composed of six main trusses and intermediate tie-beam rafter trusses, supported by ashlar posts. The three easternmost trusses have raking and straight struts with foiled and serrated inner braces creating geometrical patterns, considered to be late 14th to early 15th century, although possibly later and restored. The chancel ceiling is boarded and painted blue, adorned with gold stars. A moulded roof beam displays a double row of vine leaf ornament. A 20th-century cross is also present.

A remarkable late 15th-century rood screen has linenfold lower panels, traceried upper panels, and upper rails enriched with vine leaf and cresting. A simplified continuation of the screen encloses a former chapel to the southeast. A tall, cylindrical 12th-century font has a moulded base. A trefoil-headed piscina has a cill undercut with dogtooth detailing. The chancel floor is laid with 15th-century tiles displaying floral and geometric designs.

A painted wooden chest tomb commemorates Frances Walsh, who died in 1596, and features arcaded side panels with heraldic painting, Mannerist pilasters, a moulded top with a painted inscription. A marble, baroque-style monument is dedicated to Elizabeth Plampin, who died in 1732, and depicts winged cherubs and armorial bearings above a gadrooned base.