Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 January 1968. Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- stony-foundation-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 January 1968
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Andrew, Main Street, Whilton, NN11 2NU
- OS grid reference
- SP 636 648
- Coordinates
- 52.27778, -1.06871
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Andrew is a church dating back to the 13th century, with the upper storey of the tower, aisles, porch, and part of the chancel rebuilt around 1769. The church underwent significant restoration, re-windowing, and chancel rebuilding in 1877 by E.F. Law, which included a new vestry and organ chamber. It is constructed of coursed squared ironstone with a tile roof at the east end and porch, while the rest of the church features a copper roof.
The layout includes a chancel, vestry, organ chamber, nave, north and south aisles, a south porch, and a west tower. The 2-bay chancel has a three-light Decorated style east window and a two-light reticulated window to the south, along with a vestry to the north-west featuring a one-light window with a cusped head. There are three similar windows to the north and a vestry door with a Caernarvon arched head, as well as an organ chamber to the south-west with similar windows. The nave has a clerestory with coupled windows, and the north and south eaves are moulded. The north aisle contains two three-light Perpendicular style windows with straight heads, while the south aisle has a similar window to the south and a south door with a chamfered stone surround and segmental head. The south porch features a chamfered and hollow-chamfered doorway.
The two-stage west tower has a two-light Decorated style west window, a blocked window to the south-east at clerestory level with a chamfered stone surround, and bell openings with round arched heads and plain Y-tracery, along with string courses at sill level, above and at the base of the battlemented parapet.
Inside, the chancel features a massive reredos and a stained glass east window. The nave has 2-bay arcades with circular piers on both the north and south sides, simple moulded capitals, double-chamfered arches, and semi-circular responds. All roofs date from the 19th century. There are several 18th and 19th-century wall monuments, including one in the tower with Ionic pilasters framing a round-headed arch inscribed to Richard Freeman, who died in 1749, complete with a carved apron, cartouche with arms above, and a fluted and gadrooned urn finial.
Local climate
Church of St Andrew receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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