Church Of St Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is a parish church with origins in the early 13th century, significantly altered and extended in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. It was restored around 1858 under the supervision of G.E. Street and J.H. Parker, with work led by E. Banks of Wolverhampton. The church is constructed primarily of knapped flint, with brick and stone dressings, and has plain-tile roofs to the nave and chancel, and a lead roof to the aisles and tower.

The building consists of a six-bay nave, a west tower, seven-bay north and south aisles, and a five-bay chancel. A porch is located to the left of the centre of the south aisle, featuring a moulded stone two-centred arched doorway. Notable window features include a two-light reticulated tracery window with hood moulds to openings, paired lancets with flat heads to the clerestory, and three-light reticulated tracery windows to the east ends of the aisles and chancel. The west face of the tower has a two-centred arched doorway to the first stage, a triple lancet with hood mould to the second stage, and reticulated tracery louvred openings to the third stage, topped by corbelled eaves and a saddleback roof.

Inside, the chancel has a mid-19th century king-post roof with cusped principals, while the nave has a mid-19th century arch-braced collar-truss roof with bosses. Early 20th-century wood panelling creates a reredos, displaying an 18th-century painting of the Entombment. A 14th-century piscina and sedilia with ogee arches are located on the right side of the chancel. The east window is a later work by Clayton and Bell, dating approximately to 1865. 14th-century stained glass windows, featuring figures in canopied surrounds, are found on the left and right sides of the chancel. Brass monuments from the 14th and 15th centuries, originally re-set on the walls, are located above the choirstalls. A 14th-century wood chancel screen with quatrefoil tracery and double doors is present. A two-centred chancel arch rests on cluster columns. The nave has five-bay arcades with two-centred arches on round columns, leading to the aisles. A 19th-century octagonal font is also present, alongside a two-centred arch leading to the tower. The north aisle contains a piscina and a 14th-century octagonal stone font with a stone plinth, surrounded by a section of medieval tiles. The south aisle features a piscina, a cusped tomb recess, and a re-set 13th-century stone recumbent figure of a knight in prayer. The church also holds a collection of paintings believed to be by Sir James Thornhill.