Church Of The Blessed Virgin And St Andrew

The Church of the Blessed Virgin and St Andrew is a parish church primarily built in the 15th century, with an early 14th century west tower and an east wall dating to around 1200. The church features knapped flint with limestone dressings, a slate roof over the nave, and lead roofs over the chancel and aisles. It comprises a square west tower with staged diagonal buttresses and an embattled parapet, along with square traceried sound holes and two-light Decorated belfry windows.

The two-storey south porch has a groined vault with a central boss depicting the crucifixion of St Andrew, and a stooled niche between two windows above the entrance, topped with a parapet featuring a stone frieze. The south aisle windows, which have been restored in the Perpendicular style, are divided by staged buttresses, while the south wall of the chancel has windows at two levels, including a low-side window with a cusped and cambered head. The east gable wall displays three stepped lancets with double plain-chamfered reveals, constructed in chequerwork flint and limestone blocks. A bellcote is situated over the east nave gable.

Inside, the nave arcades consist of seven bays from the 15th century, with seven two-light clerestory windows above. The south aisle windows are set into an arcade of four-centred arches supported by demi-octagonal piers with attached shafts. A 19th-century stone staircase leads to the upper chamber of the porch at the west end of the south aisle. The screen base, dated 1528, features twelve painted panels and an upper part with cusped ogee arches. The pulpit, dated 1480, is adorned with painted panels. The church also contains a 15th-century octagonal font with four lambs' head carvings at the base and re-cut traceried bowl panels, as well as a fine 17th-century font cover designed with four Tuscan columns supporting an entablature. A wall monument on the south side of the chancel commemorates William Fell (died 1795) and his wife Martha (died 1794). Additionally, there is a head-bracket for a Lenten veil in the chancel and a 19th-century roof featuring arch-braced principals.