Church of St Andrew is a Grade II* listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1960. A Victorian Church.

Church of St Andrew

WRENN ID
half-casement-shade
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 June 1960
Type
Church
Period
Victorian
Address
Church of St Andrew, the Street, North Pickenham
OS grid reference
TF 865 069
Coordinates
52.62799, 0.75496
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Andrew is a parish church that was largely rebuilt in 1863 by D. Male, while retaining much of its earlier west tower and north transept. It is constructed from flint with limestone dressings, and features a slated roof with a crested ridge over the nave and chancel, and a copper-covered roof over the south aisle. The church comprises a west tower, nave, chancel, north transept, south aisle, and south porch.

The south porch has angle buttresses on the gable, along with crocketted pinnacles and a gable cross. Above the doorway, there is a niche with a cusped ogee head. The west window is a two-light design, and there is a blocked east window opening. Most windows feature 19th century Decorated tracery with stilted hood moulds and head stops. The east gable includes a plinth with an inscription noting the rebuilding work of 1863.

Staged buttresses are present on the north and south walls. The north transept has a parapeted gable with staged angle buttresses, a four-light Perpendicular window on the north side, and a three-light Perpendicular window on the east side. The north wall of the nave has a central buttress that divides the window bays, topped by a chimney stack with an octagonal stone shaft. An angle buttress at the north-west corner displays the date 1863.

The west tower is largely medieval, featuring restored openings and staged angle buttresses on the west wall. There is a square stair turret at the south-east corner and a castellated parapet. Inside the north transept, there are wall monuments. The east wall of the tower has a very low doorway with a single hollow chamfer to the arch, and there is a sanctus bell opening above the tower arch.

Local climate

Church of St Andrew sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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