Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1986. A Victorian Church.
Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- tired-banister-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1986
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Church of St Andrew, Darmsden
- OS grid reference
- TM 094 529
- Coordinates
- 52.13537, 1.05879
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Andrew is a parish church built in 1880 by Herbert Green of Norwich, located on the site of a medieval church of similar design. It is constructed in the Decorated Gothic style, featuring a nave, chancel, and south porch. The exterior is made of rounded random flints with parapet gables and limestone dressings. A stone gabled bellcote sits atop the west gable, housing a bell dated 1710. Below the bellcote, there is a rose window and a west doorway. The roof is covered with plain tiles and has arch-braced collar-beam trusses, alternating with unique trusses shaped like a trefoil, with braces that spring from diagonal pendants. Inside, there is a richly carved oak reredos, and the two panels displaying the Commandments and the Lord's Prayer are likely from the 18th or early 19th century. This church is a good and complete example of a modest High Victorian church, featuring well-designed fixtures and fittings.
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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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