Church Of St Andrew And St Eustachius

The Church of St Andrew and St Eustachius is a church largely dating to the 13th and 15th centuries, constructed of rubble flint with ashlar dressings and English bond brick. It includes a west tower, a nave and chancel unified under a continuous roof, and a south-western porch.

The 15th-century west tower is built of English bond brick. Its west face has diagonal buttresses which recede into the corners via four offsets. A slightly projecting plinth also recedes by a single offset. A 2-light window with Y-tracery, dating from around 1300, has been reset at ground floor level. Above, two windows with louvred lights are set within a chamfered surround, featuring a central brick mullion. A similar window appears at the belfry stage, also with a brick hood mould and resting upon a brick band. A further brick band sits below the parapet, the parapet itself being of brick with an ashlar coping. The north face is largely blank below the belfry opening, which is similar to that on the west face. A canted staircase turret is visible on the south face.

The nave and chancel feature a projecting porch with 20th-century double doors. The porch has a projecting plinth of red and yellow brick and rendered walling above. The north face of the nave and chancel is mostly blank, with a shoring buttress to the left of centre and a 2-light window with cusped ogee heads to the right. A double-chamfered door surround is found at the far right. On the east face, a central window accommodates three lights and interlacing tracery. A diagonal buttress appears to the left, and a single offset buttress lies below the window.

Inside the porch is close-studded walling. The church door has wave moulding, chamfers, and fillets. The nave and chancel display a series of tie beams, one marked with the date 1595 in 18th-century script. Sedilia are set into one window ledge, and a wafer cupboard to the right of the altar has an ogee moulded surround and a hood mould with label stops. Early 19th-century communion rails feature stick balusters. A rood loft staircase is visible within one window embrasure. The font has an octagonal bowl and stem, with four lions set against the stem, alternating with buttresses. Below the bowl are angels with interlacing wings, and the bowl’s panelled sides depict roses and angels bearing shields.