St Andrew'S Church

St. Andrew's Church is a parish church originally featuring a nave and chancel, an 18-bay clerestorey, 6-bay north and south aisles, a west tower, and a south porch. Currently, only the tower, porch, and the westernmost four bays of the south aisle are in use, while the rest are in ruins. The church is constructed of random flint with some random brick, and knapped flint is used for the tower, porch facade, and part of the nave, with stone dressings and a lead roof.

The impressive tower, which began construction in 1426, is not quite square in plan and consists of four stages, each separated by a string course. It features a crenellated parapet, a plinth, and diagonal buttresses with flushwork decoration. The west doorway has a quatrefoil flushwork frieze above it, and there is a 4-light west window along with 2-light windows at the second stage level. The east face includes a sanctus bell window, and the bell chamber has 3-light openings. The ornate parapet has a carved string course at the base, stone quatrefoils, a stone frieze carved with shields and panelled flushwork, and crocketted pinnacles.

The remainder of the church dates from the late 15th century. The south aisle features tall 3-light windows on the north and south sides, and 4-light windows on the east and west, with the north and east windows re-set within 18th-century stone walling. The buttresses and parapet display flushwork. The porch has a room above it, with flushwork on the lower part of the facade and a stone parapet. Above the entrance is a niche containing a modern figure of St. Andrew, and the porch features a good tierceron vault along with original doors that have remains of tracery decoration.

The ruined part of the south aisle includes a priest's doorway and remains of an ogee piscina, as well as another piscina with a trefoil arch in the south nave. Three clerestorey window openings remain in the south and one in the north. Inside, there is an original shallow-pitch roof, a 15th-century octagonal font with a carved bowl and stem, a finely carved 15th-century pulpit with quatrefoils, the lower part of a 15th-century rood screen with traceried panels, some chancel benches with re-used 15th-century traceried ends and poppyheads, and three early 16th-century marble floor slabs. The church is listed for its medieval work, particularly the tower.