Parish Church of St. Andrew

The parish church of St. Andrew dates to the 13th and 15th centuries, with a west tower built around 1692. A north aisle and vestry were added in 1841, and the church was restored in 1908 by J.O. Scott and Sons. The nave and chancel are cement rendered with 18th-century (C18) Bath stone dressings and tiled roofs. The tower and north aisle are constructed of banded flint and brick with Bath stone dressings. A brick and tile porch provides access. The church comprises a west tower, nave, north aisle, south porch, vestry and chancel.

The three-stage west tower has diagonal buttresses to the west face. It is topped by an embattled parapet. The first stage features six-light square-headed windows on the west face, and single-light openings to the north and south. The second stage has one-light openings to the north and south, and two-light square-headed openings to all faces of the bell chamber. A sun-dial is set east of the bell chamber opening on the south face. The south side of the nave features one one-light and two two-light square-headed windows, each with a cinquefoil in the head and a hood mould; the head on the one-light window is likely 19th-century (C19). A gabled south porch has an arched opening, and a south doorway is a probably medieval design. The north aisle has two square headed two-light windows, similar to those in the nave, with two to the north and one at the east end. The chancel has a C19 arched south doorway and one one-light square-headed window with a probably C19 cinquefoiled head and hood mould. The C19 east window incorporates panelled tracery, with a hood mould featuring grotesque stops.

Inside, the semi-circular tower arch dates to around 1692, with a Coat of Arms positioned above in the nave. The nave’s north arcade features lozenge-shaped piers and depressed arches with continuous moulding, likely added during the 1908 restoration by J.O. Scott. A C19 font stands alongside a 15th-century (C15) font with an octagonal, panelled bowl. An Early 17th-century (C17) pulpit is also present. The nave has a double-framed roof incorporating some old timbers. The north aisle contains an 18th-century (C18) barrel organ at its west end. The chancel’s arch is probably from 1908. The roof is of a similar date. A carved Easter Sepulchre, consisting of a recessed arch in the north wall, is visible, along with an ogee headed piscina. A C17 monument on the north wall commemorates Jacob Anderton. C18 Communion rails with twisted balusters are also present, as is a carved head, probably from a 12th-century (C12) pillar piscina, one side of which is smooth and the other features volutes.