Church Of St Andrew And All Saints, Willingale Spain

The Church of St Andrew and All Saints in Willingale Spain is a parish church with a nave dating from the 12th century, a chancel from the 15th century, and a vestry and porch added in the 19th century during some restoration work. The church is constructed of flint rubble, with coursed walling in the nave, and features freestone, pudding stone, clunch, and Roman brick dressings. The roofs are gabled and covered in peg tiles.

The chancel includes a 19th-century east window with three lights in a Decorated style. On the north wall, there are two 15th-century two-light windows with cinquefoiled heads and moulded labels, along with remnants of a blocked doorway. The south wall mirrors this with two similar windows and a restored 15th-century doorway. The chancel arch, dating from the 15th century, consists of two chamfered orders with attached semi-octagonal shafts that have moulded capitals and bases, and it is grooved for a former rood screen.

Inside the nave, the north wall features two high-placed, semi-circular headed windows and a 12th-century door opening with a 19th-century door adorned with fine 12th-century scrolled ironwork. The south wall contains three windows: a 13th-century lancet, a 14th-century two-light window with cinquefoiled heads and tracery in a square head, and a small 12th-century light. The south doorway is from the 12th century, with square stone and Roman brick jambs and a semi-circular head. The west wall has a likely 17th-century semi-circular leaded window made of brick.

The bell frame, of the 'portal' type, now consists of only one frame but features double arched bracing to the tiebeam, with the inner pair being cusped. This structure supports a white weatherboarded bell chamber topped with a small weatherboarded spire. A 19th-century white weatherboarded porch is located on the south side. The font is an octagonal piece from the late 14th century, decorated with quatrefoils in circles and alternating roses and heads on the panels, while the stem has trefoiled panels. There are also 15th-century piscinae in the chancel and an oolite altar slab with a grooved and chamfered edge, featuring recut consecration crosses. The church is included for its architectural, historic, townscape, and group value.