Parish Church Of St Andrew

The parish church of St Andrew, Much Hadham, probably originated in the 12th century, with significant development in the 15th century and subsequent alterations. The building is constructed with flint and stone dressings beneath a slate roof, and displays battlements. The west tower is buttressed and features a narrow spire. The north aisle has late Decorated windows (c. 1340), while the aisles to either side of the nave have Perpendicular aisle and clerestory windows. A large, five-light east window features panel tracery in two tiers. The west wall of the north aisle incorporates chequer-work.

The interior includes a five-bay nave with octagonal piers and a 15th-century tie beam roof with wall posts resting on figured, stone stops. The nave has three-light clerestory windows and a doorway in the north side of the chancel arch leading to the remains of a former rood screen loft. A ground floor door is located to the left of a pier, alongside a trefoiled piscina to the north. The chancel, originally dating to c. 1220, has a blocked north lancet window and a double piscina on the south, featuring trefoil arches. An ogee tomb recess is also present on the south side.

The church contains a 15th-century choir screen with panel tracery, matching chancel stalls with poppyheads, and a 13th-century door to the north vestry. Two wooden chairs, dating to c. 1400, are also inside, alongside a 15th-century octagonal, panel-traceried pulpit. A Perpendicular stone font is situated in the north aisle. The church houses brasses from the 16th and 17th centuries, and an early 17th-century wall monument commemorating Judith, wife of John Aylmer, Bishop of London. The west doorway features stone head stops depicting a king and queen, created by Henry Moore in 1953.