Church Of St Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is a Grade I listed building, originally from the 13th century but mainly built in the 14th century. It is constructed of ashlar stone with lead roofs over the nave and aisles, and a Collyweston stone roof over the chancel. The church features a nave without a clerestory, flanked by north and south aisles. The south aisle windows are decorated with restored reticulated tracery, while the north aisle has a Decorated window and a Perpendicular straight-headed window. Both the north and south doorways are double chamfered. The nave and aisles are topped with moulded parapets, and the aisles have buttresses with set-offs, some of which have gabled tops.

A rood turret is located at the northeast corner of the nave, featuring later crenellation. The chancel, dating from the late 13th century, has Early English north and south windows, lancets, Y tracery, and cambered arch windows. There are two 19th-century traceried east windows. The west tower, built in the 15th century, is made of ashlar and has clasping buttresses with cusped gabled drip moulds, tall bell openings with four-centred arches and a transom. The tower is topped with battlements and a moulded plinth, and features a Perpendicular three-light west window with a crenellated string course below. The south porch, also from the 15th century, is constructed of ashlar.

Inside, the church has early Perpendicular three-bay north and south arcades supported by quatrefoil piers. The chancel arch, dating from around 1300, is double chamfered with one hollow chamfer. The tall tower arch has crenellated capitals. In the chancel, there is a piscina and triple sedilia from around 1300, and the nave roof features a depressed tiebeam design. The chancel roof, from the 19th century, is arch-braced with king posts. Some 15th-century bench ends are found in the north aisle, while the remainder of the seating is from the 19th century.

A notable feature is the 15th-century octagonal font, which has alternating sides with tracery and shields, and the underside of the bowl is decorated with alternating lion heads and rosettes. The font has a slim traceried stem and quatrefoil panels on the moulded base, with a cover featuring crockets and back-to-back figures at the apex. There is a 17th-century communion table, along with two late 18th-century funeral hatchments, the Royal Arms of George III, and Commandment tables. Monuments within the church include one for Bridget Lady Carre from 1621, made of marble with Corinthian columns and a reclining effigy, and others for John Bowne, who died in 1626 and had a monument erected in 1689, and Richard Bowne from 1705.