Church Of St Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is a Grade II* listed building located in Hurstbourne Priors. It has origins from the 12th, 13th, 16th, and 18th centuries, with significant work completed in 1870 by architects Clark & Holland. The church features an aisleless nave with three bays and a west tower, both constructed in 1870. The chancel dates back to the 13th century and has been restored, while a south chapel, or transept, from the late 18th century is located at the easternmost bay of the nave. Additionally, there is an Elizabethan chapel north of the chancel.

Externally, the three-stage western tower is made of grey brickwork with stone dressings, featuring a crenellated parapet, flat buttresses at each corner, and Norman windows. The original Norman west door has been reused for the entrance and includes a decorative arch supported by recessed columns with scalloped caps. The nave is covered with a tile roof and has flint walling with stone dressings, buttresses, and three-light perpendicular windows. The south chapel is constructed of red brickwork, with side lancets and plate tracery in the gable window. The chancel has a lower tile roof, rendered walling, small lancets, a filled-in priest's door, and a perpendicular three-light traceried east window. The north chapel also features a tile roof, rendered walling, a stone moulded gable, a high plinth, buttresses, and arched windows with three and five lights within square frames, along with a doorway.

Inside the church, there is a large decorated Norman arch, which may have originally served as the chancel arch, between the chancel and the north chapel. Another opening is part of the elaborate classical stone framework of the tomb of Robert Oxonbridge (1574), which includes two effigies and two replica helms. The restored font features an old Norman top adorned with zig-zag ornament.