Church of St. Andrew is a Grade II* listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 April 1959. A Medieval Church.
Church of St. Andrew
- WRENN ID
- endless-rood-tallow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 April 1959
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St. Andrew, Watton Road, Colney
- OS grid reference
- TG 180 079
- Coordinates
- 52.62556, 1.22062
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Andrew is a Grade II* listed building located on Colney Watton Road. It features a late 11th-century round western tower and an aisleless nave, with a chancel added in the 14th century. The church underwent a comprehensive restoration in the late 19th century. It is constructed of flint with stone and brick dressings, topped with slate roofs. The tower has two blocked double-splayed windows and 19th-century bell openings, along with flat quadrant pilasters. The northwest angle of the nave has rubble quoins and one blocked double-splayed window above the porch. There are two 14th-century south nave windows, each with two lights and foiled soufflets, while all other tracery is from the 19th century. The south door, dating from the 14th century, features a moulded arch, and there is a blocked 16th-century north door with chamfered brick voussoirs. The 16th-century south porch includes brick traceried windows. The tower arch, chancel arch, roofs, and most furnishings are from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Inside, there is a 15th-century polygonal font adorned with symbols of the Evangelists and scenes of the Crucifixion and Flagellation. The chancel contains a chest tomb of John Tomson, who died in 1575, featuring fluted pilasters, simple volute capitals, and a palmette frieze. Additionally, there is a small Chalice Brass commemorating Henry Alikok, who died in 1502, set into the chancel floor, and a 17th-century panelled chest.
Local climate
Church of St. Andrew sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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