Church Of St Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is a parish church located in Buxton, originally dating back to the 14th century but extensively restored in 1881, which included a complete rebuilding of the tower, a date noted on the north porch. The church is constructed of flint with limestone dressings and features slate roofs over the nave and the north and south porches, black glazed pantiles over the chancel, and lead roofs over the aisles.

The structure includes a west tower, nave, north and south aisles, north and south porches, and a chancel. The west tower is characterized by angle buttresses and an embattled parapet, with a polygonal stair turret on the north side. A lean-to vestry is located in the south-west angle, featuring quatrefoil windows. The nave has three Perpendicular windows on both the north and south sides, with bays separated by set-off buttresses that have flushwork panels on the south side. Additional angle buttresses are present on the aisles and the east wall, while the clerestorey and chancel arch are adorned with quatrefoil windows.

Inside, the church features a 3-bay 14th-century arcade supported by octagonal piers and double-chamfered arches, with notable corbel-heads at the responds. There are remnants of a 16th-century screen base, now re-set as part of the screen to the chapel at the east end of the south aisle. The church also contains a piscina and triple sedilia from the 13th century, which have plain arches beneath a continuous drip mould, along with a trefoil-headed piscina in the south aisle. Noteworthy monuments in the chancel include one to Mary Ann Kent (d. 1773) on the south wall and another to Margaret Robinson (d. 1638) on the north wall.