Church of St Andrew is a Grade II* listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1955. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- veiled-landing-dust
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1955
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Andrew, Church Road, Redlingfield
- OS grid reference
- TM 186 707
- Coordinates
- 52.29111, 1.20456
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Andrew is a parish church that features elements from different periods, including partly medieval construction. The early 16th century stump of the tower remains, while the chancel was rebuilt around 1800. The church underwent restoration and re-furnishing in 1873. It comprises a nave, chancel, south porch, and the remnants of a small west tower. The 14th century nave is built of flint rubble, which was formerly plastered, and has stone dressings. The walls were later raised with red brick. The tower stump is made of red brick with dark header diaperwork, and above it is a timber-framed and plastered belfry, likely dating from the 16th to 17th century, topped with a gabled pantiled roof. The chancel is also constructed of red brick. The nave features a plaintiled roof, while the chancel has glazed black pantiles.
On the south wall of the nave, there are two 14th century two-light windows, one of which has a carved hoodmould with stops. The north and south doorways are simple in design, with the northern doorway being blocked. The porch is simple but has been much restored. The chancel includes re-set 14th century windows and a Priest's doorway, highlighted by a notable three-light east window with reticulated tracery and carved stops on the hoodmould.
Inside, there is no chancel arch, and the nave roof, possibly from around 1500, features five bays with trusses that have arched braces extending from the wall posts, along with additional braces to a high collar. Each wall post has a carved head, most of which appear to be original. A moulded cornice runs along the nave. The chancel roof adopts a vernacular style. In the southeast corner of the nave, there is a trefoil-arched piscina. The church also houses a fine 15th century octagonal font, decorated with shield-bearing angels alternating with the Signs of the Evangelists, and four lions against the stem, with smaller Wild Men between them. The font has a pyramidal cover, possibly from the 18th century. On the north wall of the nave, the Arms of George IV are displayed.
Local climate
Church of St Andrew sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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