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
vast-forge-sorrel
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 May 1960
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Andrew, Church Road, Wellingham
OS grid reference
TF 870 222
Coordinates
52.76552, 0.7717
Source
Historic England listing

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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 dressings and features brick quoins on the encased tower. The roofs are covered with plaintile and pantile. The church comprises a west tower, an aisle-less nave, and a chancel. The west tower is encased, except for the bell stage, and has a re-set two-light late Perpendicular west window, along with two-light bell-openings and a modern brick and flint parapet. The north-west angle of the nave has flint quoins, and there are two two-light Perpendicular windows on the south side with embattled transoms. The north side features one lancet window and one Victorian traceried window.

In the chancel, there is one restored two-light Perpendicular window, three lancets, one two-light Y-traceried window, and a restored three-light east window in the late 13th-century cusped lancet style. The south door is moulded and dates from the 14th century. Inside, there is a chamfered and plastered tower arch, but no chancel arch. The south wall of the nave has three bays of wide interconnecting rere arches. A trefoil chancel piscina is present, and a screen dated 1532 retains six dado panels, four of which feature remarkable contemporary paintings, notably one depicting St George slaying the dragon. The church also has a plain octagonal font.

Local climate

Church of St Andrew receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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