Church Of St Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is a parish church dating back to around 1200, with a north door from that time and a west tower added in the 14th century. It is constructed from flint with stone dressings and has tiled roofs. The church underwent significant rebuilding in the High Victorian style between 1862 and 1865, designed by W. Lightly. The structure includes a west tower, nave and aisles, a north porch, and a chancel featuring a south family tribune and a north vestry.

The west tower is decorated and has set off angle buttresses on its west face, four 2-light belfry windows, and battlemented parapets. The north aisle and porch, added in 1865, display details in the Perpendicular style. At the junction of the north aisle and chancel, there is a vestry with a hipped roof, which incorporates a re-used Decorated window and two 19th-century lancets. The roofs feature fish scale tile patterns and ornamental cresting on the nave and chancel.

Inside, the north door arch dates to around 1200, while the door itself was added around 1865 and features distinctive metal banding. The nave has a two-bay north arcade from 1865 with "Early French" details, and a four-bay south arcade with octagonal piers that have square bases and capitals, featuring simple arches with a single hollow chamfer that may be either Perpendicular or High Victorian in style. The nave roof is arched braced with five bays and is plastered between the rafters, while the aisle roofs are plastered with trusses pierced with cinquefoils. The chancel and south transept tribune were also completed in 1865, with a chancel arch resting on corbels.

Notable interior features include a large wooden pulpit and stalls with Early English detailing, an arched braced boarded roof, tessellated floors, a mosaic reredos, and a three-light east window with stained glass from 1862, possibly by Rev. Arthur Moore or Arthur Moore M. Harrison, reflecting the style of William Morris. The north and south windows were added in 1873 by Powell, designed by Wooldridge. The south family tribune has a three-bay open screen in the Early English style, featuring paired and coupled detached shafts with pink sandstone capitals and arches. There is also a dying arch to the nave with an inscription commemorating the restoration of the church in memory of Sir Charles Chad in 1865, a quadri-partite arched braced roof, and grisaille glass in the south window. The font, also carved, dates to 1865.