Church of St Andrew is a Grade II* listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1960. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- buried-balcony-rye
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 May 1960
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Andrew, Whinburgh and Westfield
- OS grid reference
- TF 992 099
- Coordinates
- 52.6504, 0.94479
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Andrew is a parish church that dates from the medieval period and later. It is constructed of flint with ashlar and some brick dressings, topped with a slate roof. The building features a west tower, an aisleless nave with a south porch, and a demolished chancel. The early 14th-century tower is unbuttressed and has a restored 2-light west window in the Decorated style. The tower also includes 2-light cusped Y-traceried bell-openings and post-Medieval moulded brick corner finials. The south porch, dating from the 15th century, is notable for its chequer flushwork and blind-traceried spandrels, along with 2-light side windows. The south doorway displays dying mouldings. The south wall of the nave features 2 restored 2-light Decorated windows with mouchettes, while a 14th-century 2-light cusped Y-traceried east window has been re-set in the blocked chancel arch. The north wall mirrors the south with 2 similar windows and a plainly moulded north doorway. Inside, there is a plain tall tower arch, a polygonal Jacobean pulpit with a fluted frieze, and an octagonal font.
Local climate
Church of St Andrew receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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