Church Of St Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is a parish church dating from the 12th century with 14th-century additions, and a Victorian restoration by W. Butterfield in the late 19th century. It is constructed of flint with stone dressings, plain tiles, and lead roofs to the porch and aisles.

The west tower is round and dates from the 12th century, featuring a single splayed semi-circular headed slit window on the west side, and similar openings to the second stage west and south, with a blocked opening to the north. Decorated 2-light bell openings are also present. North and south aisles extend westward from the nave and chancel. The south porch, dating from around 1875, is gabled, constructed of flint, and features a yellow limestone arch with a chamfered inner arch and wave-moulded shafts. The south doorway is double-chamfered and of 14th-century origin. The nave features a brick stepped dentil cornice and a clerestory with four double cuspheaded lights. The south aisle also has two similar windows, but of a larger size. Two 2-light openings are present in the south chancel, one smaller with a quatrefoil, and one larger with a trefoil. The east chancel is rendered, with a late 19th-century 3-light window featuring geometric tracery. Alternating brick and knapped flint voussoirs define the porch, south aisle, and south chancel windows. The north facade mirrors the south side, with three clerestory windows, one aisle window, and a plain chamfered doorway. An organ extension is present on the chancel.

Inside, 14th-century 3-bay arcades with quatrefoil piers extend north and south. The piers are not responds at the east end, and the arches have a double chamfer. Corbel grotesques adorn the west responds. A small chamfered arch leads to the tower, and an elaborate 3-tier roof, dating from around 1890, incorporates arch bracing from slender wall posts, shaped braces to the first and second tiers, collars with king posts and a wooden frieze featuring carved angels. The chancel incorporates an alabaster Gothick reredos with niches and pinnacles, and Gothick wood panelling along the east wall. A piscina with a round shaft and a chamfered arch, and sedilia in a dropped rear arch of the south window, are also present. A 4-centred doorway is located in the south wall. Further piscine are located in the south aisle and on the east wall of the north aisle, alongside a blocked doorway to a former rood stair. A doorway to the rood loft is above the pulpit. A 13th-century octagonal font made of Purbeck marble, with shallow blank arches to its faces and bowl supported by eight slender columns, is located to the west of the south aisle. Wall lights and brass candelabra are suspended from decorative wrought iron hooks. Fragments of 15th-century glass are set in the south chancel, originally from a window in a summerhouse.