Church Of Saint Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is a parish church with origins in the 13th century, largely rebuilt in the 14th century, and altered in the 15th century. It is constructed primarily of cobblestones, with some ironstone rubble and ashlar dressings. The roofs are tiled, except for the vestry which has slate. The church consists of a chancel, a north vestry, a nave, north and south aisles, and a south porch tower.

The chancel, originally from the 13th century, features windows and doorways reworked in the 15th century and restored in the 19th century. It has a three-light pointed arched east window and two two-light south windows with four-centred heads. A similar north window is partially blocked by the vestry. A south doorway has a four-centred arch in a square head, and a 19th-century doorway and arch provide access to the 19th-century vestry and organ chamber.

The nave, dating to the 14th century, has four-bay pointed-arched arcades on both the north and south sides, along with a matching chancel arch. A four-light pointed-arched west window features reticulated tracery. The north aisle, also 14th century, has three two-light pointed-arched windows to the north, one to the west, displaying varied tracery, and a three-light east window opening onto the organ chamber. A pointed-arched north doorway is also present. The south aisle features three three-light south windows, a three-light east window, a two-light west window, all with pointed heads and varied tracery, along with a south doorway similar to the north one. Stone coping defines the gables, and the aisles have plain parapets.

The south porch tower dates to the 14th century and has two stages. It features three-stage diagonal buttresses to the south angles and an early 20th-century embattled parapet. A pointed-arched south doorway leads into the tower, with two-light pointed-arched windows to the lower stage, west and east, and pointed-arched single lights to the bell stage.

Inside the church, the nave arcades have carved label stops formed as human and animal heads. A 14th-century font, restored in the 20th century, has a square bowl on an octagonal shaft and four columns. The chancel floor has a brass memorial to Thomas Hundon, the Vicar, who died in 1528. The church has 19th-century roofs. Early pew boxes remain in the nave, otherwise the interior is largely 19th-century. Fragments of medieval glass are found in the chancel north window.