Church Of St Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is a parish church with origins in the 17th century, although a north aisle was added in 1831 and the church was largely rebuilt in 1857. It was restored in 1894 by S. Harris and again in 1962. The building is primarily flint and brick, faced with Kentish ragstone rubble, with ashlar dressings. It features tiled roofs, a timber porch, and a bell turret topped with a shingled spire. The architectural style is Gothic Revival.

The church consists of a three-bay nave, a two-bay north aisle, and a two-bay chancel with a north organ bay and vestry. The east end of the chancel has a three-light window with a taller central light and trefoiled heads, set beneath a coped parapet with kneelers and two-stage diagonal buttresses. A pointed arched doorway with chamfered jambs sits to the south, alongside a two-light window inserted in 1962. The nave is taller and slightly wider, with two two-light windows featuring plate tracery and trefoiled pointed heads on the south side. A buttress is located to the east. The west end of the nave has a tall three-light window, enlarged in 1962 with Geometrical tracery and a trefoil in the pointed head, flanked by diagonal buttresses and a coped parapet. The bell turret is situated beneath a flattened gable and incorporates louvred lancet openings, a clock, and quatrefoil openings. A short, splay-footed spire tops the turret. The north aisle has a lower roof with two plate traceried windows and a western window, all with coped parapets and kneelers. The lower vestry to the northeast incorporates a pointed arched entrance, a buttress, and a lean-to outshut; its east end features a triple lancet window.

Inside, an unusual double arcade connects the nave to the north aisle, featuring moulded pointed arches with paired columns. The roofs are simple, tie-beam structures with ceiled undersides. Medieval piscina and double sedilia are reset into a chancel south wall, complemented by screens of 19th-century Gothic design. A reset medieval altar table stands in the north aisle, situated on a moulded H plan base. Further features include an octagonal font, pews, choir stalls, and a pulpit, all dating to 1894. The chancel floor includes tomb slabs commemorating various individuals, including J. Pendred (died 1650) and Cromwell Fleetwood (died 1688). C19 marble wall slabs are found in the nave, one in the south window embrasure to O. Lloyd (died 1736). Stained glass windows by Morris and Co. (1911) depicting Hope and Faith are present in the south nave, while a 1919 window by A. Rosenkrantz is located in the chancel east end.