Church of St Andrew is a Grade I listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1962. A Medieval Church.

Church of St Andrew

WRENN ID
stark-courtyard-sienna
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 August 1962
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Andrew, Burgoynes Road, Impington
OS grid reference
TL 447 632
Coordinates
52.24811, 0.11944
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Andrew is a parish church located in Impington. It features an early 13th-century nave and tower, with upper stages rebuilt in the 14th century, and a rood stair. The south porch dates from the 15th century, while the chancel was rebuilt during restoration in 1878, which is noted by dated rainwater heads. The church's walls are constructed of Barnack limestone, combined with limestone and pebble rubble, and the porch is timber framed. The roofs are plain tile with gable parapets on the nave and chancel, each topped with cross finials.

On the south elevation, the tower consists of three stages, featuring Barnack limestone quoins, a 15th-century embattled parapet with corner finials and angle gargoyles, and a two-centred arched, two-light belfry window. The nave has three original quoins and masked corbels, along with two restored three-light cinquefoiled windows from 1981, and a sealed lancet window to the west of the south porch. The south porch, restored in 1878, has timber frames with pierced decorated barge boards, an embattled cornice, and side lights consisting of three cinquefoil lights. The rebuilt chancel incorporates carved stones from the 12th and 13th centuries, as well as one shaft and capital with a carved head in the angle and wall arcade. There is an incised mass dial in the buttress of the south wall.

Inside, the nave features a late 15th-century crown post roof with three bays, moulded tie beams, wall posts, and a cornice, with slender crown posts braced to the collar purlin. A tie beam to the east is cut for a 19th-century chancel arch, supported on heavy stone corbels. Notable interior elements include a fine 15th-century fresco of St Christopher, a 16th-century niche set at an angle in the window of the north wall, and a 13th-century font with an octagonal basin on a moulded base supported by octagonal shafts. The pews have been rebuilt with four poppy head bench ends. A brass was removed from the chancel in 1879, commemorating John Burgoyn Esq and his wife Margaret, who died in October 1505. There is also a wall memorial to Catherine Houeden from 1826, created by Gilbert of Cambridge, and a black marble floor slab for Thomas Wiborow, dated 1669.

Local climate

Church of St Andrew sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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