Church Of St Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is a parish church dating from 1859, designed by Robert Kerr. It is constructed from knapped flint with ashlar dressings, the steeple being entirely of stone, and has plain tile roofs. The church comprises a nave, a north-west steeple, a chancel, and a north chancel chapel. The design is in an extravagant, bold, and somewhat incongruous Decorated style.

The steeple is a three-stage tower of square plan, featuring stepped angle buttresses rising to the top of the third stage. A polygonal stair turret projects from the south-west corner, diminishing at each stage and culminating in a pyramidal roof, lit by circular windows and featuring spherical triangles on the ground floor. A small doorway is located on the east side, below a spherical triangle. Windows on the first storey have vaguely Decorated tracery, with one or two lights; the north window is divided into two separate lancets. Small spherical triangles are present on the east and west sides. A modified broach carries the tower into an octagonal drum pierced by single-light traceried windows, surmounted by a short spire with gabled lucarnes. The west doorway is elaborately moulded and set within a large gable, featuring a cusped statuary niche containing a statue directly above it. A blind arcade extends to either side of the doorway. A large three-light High Decorated window is present on the west side. A more modest gabled south porch is also present. Stepped side buttresses are visible on the nave, with angle buttresses at the east end.

Nave windows on the north side favour the Geometric phase of the Decorated style, mimicking designs circa 1300, while those on the south side reflect patterns from circa 1280. The chancel's south side windows are similar in design to the nave's north windows, and the north chancel chapel further emphasises this style with a three-light intersecting design featuring three encircled quatrefoils. A Proto-Perpendicular style window with two lights and a square head is located to the east. The chancel is supported by stepped side and diagonal buttresses to the east. A gabled south porch covers the Priest's door. The three-light east window has somewhat confused tracery, incorporating three encircled trefoils.

Inside, the windows feature shafts with capitals in the jambs. Stalls at the west end of the nave have tall canopies. The north vestry has a stone screen with three carved arches standing on four polished marble shafts. Above the arches is an inscription frieze, and above that, a carved arcade of arches within gables. A square carved font stands on four polished marble columns and a central marble drum. The roof utilizes principals on engaged braces dropping to wall posts and stone corbels, with two tiers of purlins trenched behind the principals, and collars on arched braces. The chancel arch is semi-circular, with a multiply moulded arch resting on responds. Above the arch is a painted representation of God, St. George, and two angels. The chancel roof is similar to that of the nave, but without the braces and wall posts. A moulded arch leads to the organ chamber in the north wall, and a single bay sanctuary is located at the east end.