Church of St Andrew is a Grade II* listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. A Victorian Church.
Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- tired-rood-woodpecker
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Church of St Andrew, Sotherton
- OS grid reference
- TM 441 794
- Coordinates
- 52.35903, 1.58385
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Andrew is a parish church that was rebuilt in 1854 in the Decorated style, using materials from the earlier medieval structure. It features a nave, chancel, south porch, and north vestry, constructed from random flint rubble with stone dressings and has plaintiled roofs. The church has a three-bay nave with two-light windows, and at the west end, there is a simple gabled stone bellcote. The chancel has two bays.
Inside, there is a notable 15th-century seven-bay arched-braced nave roof with an enriched cornice, which was re-framed in the mid-19th century when angels were added at the foot of each wall post. The north and south nave walls have arched recesses, likely from the 14th century, though they have been extensively restored. The north recess houses a late 13th-century recumbent stone effigy of a knight, believed to be Walter de Bernham.
The church also contains a 15th-century octagonal font, with panels on the bowl carved with alternating blank shields and flowers, featuring fleuron-enriched borders, and is unusually well preserved. The font's stem, supported by four lions, may be a 19th-century copy of the original. Additionally, there is an early 17th-century pyramidal font cover with a pierced finial. The vestry door includes two fine painted panels with gesso work, said to be from the former rood screen, depicting St. John the Evangelist and St. Mary Magdalene.
Local climate
Church of St Andrew receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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