Church Of St Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is a building with elements dating back to the 12th century, the 14th century, and the 19th century. Constructed of squared coursed and ashlar limestone with a slate roof, it comprises an aisled nave, a chancel, and a west tower. The chancel is a 19th-century reconstruction featuring a single two-light window to the south and two similar windows to the north, both with reticulated tracery. The three-light east window contains a roundel with cusping. Adjoining the south side of the chancel is a 15th-century aisle of two windows, one of which is blocked, with the remaining windows being three-light openings with a four-centred head. This aisle has a lean-to roof and ashlar moulded parapets. The south aisle to the nave is largely a 19th-century reconstruction, comprising three two-light windows with square heads, also with a lean-to roof. A gabled 19th-century porch sits between the first and second windows on the south side. The north side of the nave has a single three-light window with Perpendicular tracery to the left and a 19th-century two-light window to the right, with three large, three-stage buttresses situated between the windows. Four 19th-century small quatrefoil windows are set in the clerestory. The west tower is constructed of ashlar and has four stages with set-back buttresses. The west door is topped by a three-light Perpendicular window. The fourth stage contains a pair of two-light bell chamber openings with rounded heads, grouped under a single large ogee arch, featuring transoms with cusping below. A frieze of cusped lozenges runs above, and the top is finished with a castellated parapet and truncated square pinnacles at the corners. Inside, the chancel features a two-bay arcade with double chamfered arches, an octagonal pier, and corbelled brackets. A 19th-century chancel arch is adorned with foliated corbelled brackets. A double chamfered arch leads to the south chancel aisle. The three-bay nave arcade has late 12th-century single chamfered pointed arches, with one original circular pier to the east, featuring a scolloped capital and square abacus; the other pier is likely a 19th-century copy. The double chamfered tower arch has been blocked. The roof is 19th-century, with large foliated stone corbels. 19th-century stained glass is present in the east window. A 19th-century circular font stands on a marble column, and a 19th-century painted reredos is located behind the altar. A monument in the south chancel aisle commemorates Mrs. Jekyll, who died in 1775. This monument consists of a white and grey marble oval medallion on an obelisk, depicting an angel with a quill and garlands and is signed by Van Gelder. A tablet to James Scott, who died in 1753, is to the right, featuring a broken pediment. To the left is a plain tablet to Rokeby Scott, who died in 1767.