Church Of St Andrew

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.