Church of St Andrew is a Grade II* listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1959. Church.
Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-banister-lark
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1959
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Andrew, Norwich Road, Scole
- OS grid reference
- TM 151 790
- Coordinates
- 52.36721, 1.1581
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Andrew is a Grade II* listed building, primarily dating from the early 14th and 15th centuries, with some remnants of pre-Conquest work. It underwent significant restoration in 1874 and was severely damaged by fire in 1963, which destroyed the 15th-century hammer-beam roof of the nave.
The church comprises a nave, chancel, south aisle, west tower, and a 19th-century south porch. The tall, unbuttressed west tower features two-light bell-openings with Y-tracery and an embattled parapet adorned with chequer flushwork. Inside, there is a four-bay south arcade supported by octagonal piers and double hollow-chamfered arches. The chancel arch was lost in the fire, but a fragment of wall painting remains in a niche on the north wall. The south aisle contains a piscina, and there is a 15th-century octagonal font decorated with angels on the sides of the bowl and four lions on the stem. Additionally, the church has a square lectern foot from the 15th century, featuring angle leaves.
The building is constructed of flint with stone dressings and has a new black glazed pantile roof.
Local climate
Church of St Andrew sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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