Parish Church Of St Andrew

The parish church of St Andrew is a building with origins dating back to the 12th century, incorporating reused 13th-century stone. The south nave arcade and south aisle were constructed in the early 14th century, the chancel around 1330, and the nave was rebuilt during the same period. A late 14th-century west tower was built partially within the nave. The south porch is a 19th-century replacement, while restoration work took place in 1874, with the west tower being modified in 1899.

The church is built of rubble and ashlar with dressings of Ketton and Barnack stone, and has lead roofs. The south elevation features a two-stage west tower with a moulded plinth, embattled parapet with gargoyles at the corners, and a lower moulded string. An octagonal stone spire tops the tower. The clerestory has four windows with two trefoiled-ogee lights and blind tracery in a square head, while two aisle windows each have three trefoiled ogee lights with blind tracery in a square head. The south doorway incorporates reused 12th and 13th-century carved stones, forming a two-centred arch with a chevron-enriched outer order springing from detached shafts with carved capitals and moulded bases. The south porch has a two-centred outer archway with chamfered orders springing from semi-circular attached shafts with moulded capitals and bases. In the chancel, a projecting plinth and a moulded string run below the windows. The chancel doorway has moulded jambs and a segmental-pointed head.

Inside, the nave south arcade consists of four bays with two-centred arches of two chamfered orders, octagonal piers, and semi-octagonal responds with moulded capitals and bases. The tower arch is two-centred of four chamfered orders. The chancel arch was rebuilt, reusing 14th-century semi-octagonal responds. A piscina in the chancel, dating to the 14th century, has chamfered jambs, a two-centred head, an octagonal drain, and a wooden shelf. A piscina in the south aisle, also from the 14th century, has stop-chamfered jambs, an ogee-head, and an octofoil drain. A sedile in the chancel has a sill stepped to form three seats. The font has an octagonal bowl of Ketton stone, a plain octagonal stem, and a chamfered base, dating to the 16th century; an oak cover is likely from the 17th century.