Church Of St Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is an Anglican parish church dating from the 13th to the 15th century, with alterations possibly of the 16th and 17th centuries, and a restoration in 1840-1 and 1976. It is constructed of ashlar and rubble stone with stone slate roofs. The church comprises a west tower, nave and aisles, a north porch, a chancel, and a north-east vestry.

The battlemented, three-stage west tower is of the 15th century, with a taller north stair-tower. It features a moulded plinth, diagonal buttresses to the first stage, dripcourses, and angle pinnacles. A three-light Perpendicular window is situated on the west side, above a four-centred arched moulded doorway; a clock face is incorporated into the second stage, and there are two-light bell openings above. The north aisle, likely rebuilt in the 17th century upon earlier plinths, has a moulded cornice, parapet, two tall four-light flat-headed windows, and angle buttresses. The central gabled porch is also of the 15th century, featuring a moulded plinth, moulded eaves, diagonal buttresses, a moulded pointed north doorway with a canopied niche above, and angle finials and an apex cross to the gable. A moulded inner doorway is also present. The south side includes two large hipped dormers, rebuilt in the 17th century and refurbished in 1976; a roof extends over a part-rendered south aisle, which has three flat-headed three-light windows of the 16th or 17th century. The chancel lacks a moulded plinth and contains a 15th-century pointed two-light window to the north and a 15th-century flat-headed two-light window to the south. A further two-light south window mirrors that of the south aisle. The east window is four-centred with three lights, of Perpendicular style but without cusping. The gabled north-east vestry has a 16th-century three-light window on its north wall.

Internally, the nave and south aisle roofs are from 1976, designed by Wyvern Design Group and featuring pine trusses. A moulded 15th-century tower arch is present, as is a 13th-century three-bay south arcade with round piers, and a 14th-century three-bay north arcade with octagonal piers. The chancel arch was renewed around 1840, incorporating applied timber nailhead moulding; the chancel roof is plastered. A chamfered arch leads to the vestry. All windows have 20th-century leading, except the east window, which contains 19th-century patterned glass. A late 18th-century organ is also located within the church. A Norman-style font, possibly original and remoulded around 1840, is present. Chancel wall plaques date from 1669 and 1836, made by E.H. Baily, and a vestry plaque dates from 1610.