Church Of St Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is a parish church largely dating from the 15th century, with earlier elements from the 12th and 13th centuries. It is constructed of fieldstone, rubblestone, and dressed limestone. The church comprises a west tower, a nave, north and south aisles, a south porch, and a chancel.

The west tower is a combination of 12th and 15th century work. It is embattled and has three stages, with the ground stage flanked by the westernmost bays of the north and south aisles. The lower stages are built with fieldstones laid on the rake. The tower features restored 15th century windows. The nave is also embattled and has a clerestory with four cinquefoil-headed lights to each side within four-centred arches.

The south porch dates from the early 15th century and was restored in the late 15th century. It is constructed of fieldstone and dressed limestone, with an embattled roof. A gable of the original roofline is visible. The porch has two storeys, with a parish room added on the first floor in the late 15th century. A restored niche has its original embattlement and a window of three cinquefoil-headed lights with vertical tracery. The outer archway has two continuous ogee-moulded orders within a four-centred arch; the inner archway is similar. The porch ceiling has ogee-moulded main beams and joists. A brick stair turret is located in the angle between the south porch and south aisle.

The chancel, also of 15th century date, has two restored windows with original labels and mask stops in the south wall. Two original, similar windows are blocked in the north wall.

Inside, the south door is from the late 16th century with ovolo moulding. There is a small, restored doorway leading to the parish room, which has a 15th-century clunch arch with a four-centred head, dagger cusping to the spandrels. The nave has four bays with two-centred arches of two hollow-moulded orders on polygonal columns, with half round engaged columns to the responds. The tower arches are similar. The west ends of the north and south aisles feature 13th century wide splayed rear arches. A partly original 15th century chancel screen, restored, has closed lower panels, a moulded cornice, and subcusped ogee arches. The font is from the 13th century and has been retooled.