Parish Church Of St Andrew

The parish church of St Andrew is an Anglican church dating back to the 12th century, substantially rebuilt in the 13th and 14th centuries and altered in the 15th century. It was restored in 1852 for Rev. Copleston. The church comprises a nave, a north tower, a south aisle with a south porch, and a chancel. It is constructed of rubble with freestone dressings, and has a stone slate roof with coped raised verges, with slate to the nave. The north tower has prominent quoins and four stages, topped with an embattled parapet. It features 2-light Perpendicular style openings to the bell chamber; the north door has an ashlar surround with a cusped ogee head, plank door with strap hinges and fleur-de-lys ends. A stair turret projects to the southeast. The nave has 3-light 19th-century Perpendicular style windows with cusped tracery and dripmoulds; there's a 4-light west window and a blocked west door with a pointed arch and moulded surround. The south aisle has two 3-light Perpendicular style windows similar to those in the nave, and a central window with intersecting tracery. The east end of the south aisle has a plank door dated 1745, within an ovolo moulded surround with a depressed 4-centred head. The south porch is projecting and gabled, with a moulded cornice and a heavily moulded round-arched doorway; it has heavy plank studded outer doors with strap hinges and fleur-de-lys ends. The chancel has a 19th-century 3-light east window with an ogee head, and a 19th-century vestry. Inside, a fine tracery-panelled 15th-century south door is present. The interior features a 4-bay arcade with octagonal piers and 4-centred arches. The chancel arch has hollow moulding. The font is Perpendicular in style, but restored in the 19th century, featuring an octagonal bowl with quatrefoils. The pulpit is of Perpendicular style, dated 1852-3, and the pews and roofs are also from 1852-3. A trefoil headed piscina is found in the south chapel. The west window contains glass by Bell of Bristol, dating to 1854. Monuments include those to Agnes Chisholm (died 1798), by William Paty of Bristol, featuring a marble plaque and urn; Nicholas Hicks (died 1710), a baroque stone carving with swags, heraldry, a segmental pediment, and a gadrooned base; Thomas Hicks (died 1726), coloured marbles; Elizabeth Dyer (died 1807), by Daw, a curved plaque with a broken pediment; Robert Webb (died 1731), grey and white marble with a pediment and obelisk; Robert and Ann Codrington, by T. King of Bath, grey and white marbles depicting a weeping tree over a chest tomb; and Royal arms (likely George I) in the south aisle.