Church Of St Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is a parish church dating back to the 14th century, built in two phases: initially the chancel, then the nave, followed by 15th-century transepts, and 19th-century enlargement and restoration. It is constructed of coursed flint, partially rendered and dressed with stone, and has an old plain tile roof.

The church’s plan incorporates a 14th-century chancel, nave, and west tower. To the north and south of the nave are double gables, formed by the transept and aisle, in addition to a southwest vestry. The chancel, from the early 14th century, has a late 19th-century three-light east window with geometric tracery. The north and south walls feature 14th-century single uncusped lights, with 19th-century heads and labels. The nave has a central roof formed of two gables on each side; all gables except for the southeast one have 19th-century three-light perpendicular windows with hood mouldings. The southeast window is a three-light design with trefoiled lights below a transom and trefoiled tracery above. The 20th-century vestry contains a two-light cinquefoiled window. A reset door, originally from a chapel at Marwell Manor, is located in the west end of the nave against the north wall of the tower. It has a pointed head of two moulded orders with a label. Within the vestry is a pointed arch.

The west tower was rebuilt in the 17th century and features a two-light square-headed trefoiled window with a panel above inscribed "TC,IF,1675." A string course runs across all faces of the upper stages, supporting 19th-century cusped lights with oversized labels and crenellations above.

Inside the church, the chancel has an older pointed eastern rear arch featuring four stone shields within tracery, and shouldered arches to the side windows. A pointed tomb recess is located in the northeast corner. A floor slab dates to 1708, commemorating Thomas Dacre. There are monuments in the northeast, including one from 1731 to Lord George Carpenter, constructed of grey marble with a panel on a base framed by pilasters, an entablature with an open pediment, acroterion urns, and a coat of arms. Another monument from 1749 is dedicated to George, 2nd Lord Carpenter, crafted from grey, white, and yellow marble, featuring an obelisk behind a bust flanked by urns on a moulded and panelled base. Further tablets commemorate John Carpenter (1753), Henry Rickets and Lord Rosehill (1798-1807), Elizabeth Rickets (1805), Lady Carnegie (1827), and the Countess of Northesk (1835). The 17th-century altar rails have turned balusters and a moulded handrail. The church features a crown post roof with arched braces to the collars. The chancel arch is pointed, consisting of two chamfered orders with 17th-century square capitals. The nave was altered in the 19th century when the arcades were removed and replaced with iron columns, which were subsequently rebuilt in the 20th century using steel wallplates and columns cased in panelled oak, with a pair of columns in tapering cases at the centre of the arcades. The roof is arch braced. Panelling around the walls is made from the ends of 18th-century box pews. A monument from 1835 commemorates the Countess of Northesk. The tower arch is 19th century and displays repainted Royal Arms dated 1681. Beneath the tower is a donor board from 1835 and a restored 15th-century octagonal font on a column.