Church of St Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is a parish church located in Great Yarmouth, featuring a 13th-century west tower, a 14th-century nave, and continuous chancel and aisles. The church underwent significant restoration in 1872. It is constructed from quaternary and quarry flint, with whole chert pebbles and Lincolnshire Limestone ashlar dressings, and has machine-tile roofs.

The exterior includes a three-stage tower with diagonal buttresses on three corners and a side buttress on the north-east, along with a polygonal stair turret on the south side. The west window features a lancet design, and there are lancets in the ringing chamber. A set-off below the belfry stage was added in the late 15th century, featuring two-light transomed belfry windows and a flushwork crenellated parapet. The south aisle has a west window with three lancets, while the north aisle window has cusped three-light Y tracery. The south aisle contains six two-light Y-tracery windows and a double hollow-chamfered south doorway. The south porch, rebuilt in 1872, showcases diamond chequerwork on the south face, diagonal stepped buttresses, and a wave-moulded outer arch with two-light side windows. The north aisle features five two-light Y-tracery windows. The east end has three gables with windows from 1872, including a five-light Geometric design in the center, a five-light south aisle window, and a four-light north aisle window with Perpendicular panel tracery.

Inside, there is no internal division between the nave and chancel, except for a trefoiled timber arch. The church has an eight-bay arcade supported by octagonal piers on moulded bases and with moulded capitals, featuring double-chamfered arches. The 19th-century scissor-braced roofs are boarded in the chancel, and there is a triple-chamfered tower arch. A south-east tower buttress projects into the nave. The late 14th-century octagonal font has damaged figures on the stem and scenes in the bowl depicting the seven sacraments and the Last Judgement, with damage recorded in 1643. The church also contains a 19th-century polygonal pulpit and chancel parclose screens. An organ by Norman and Beard, originally from St John's Lowestoft, was moved here in 1978-9. Additionally, there is a brass of a knight from the Bacon family, dating to around 1320, depicted in full-length military dress and cross-legged, along with the Royal Arms of Charles II, painted on board and dated 1664.