Church Of St Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is a Grade I listed building located in Harlestone, dating from the 14th century and restored in 1853 by Sir George Gilbert Scott. It is constructed of lias ashlar and features lead and plain tiled roofs. The church includes an aisled nave, chancel, and a west tower.

The south elevation of the chancel has a three-window range, featuring two 2-light square-headed windows and a tall lancet window to the left, with a small single-light window below. The east window, which has five lights, dates from the 1853 restoration. The north elevation is similar to the south. The south door to the chancel is adorned with moulded shafts and stops to the hood mould. The roof is steeply gabled, covered with plain tiles, and has ashlar gable parapets, kneelers, and a finial.

The south aisle features a three-window range of 3-light 14th-century ogee-headed windows with reticulated tracery, along with similar 2- and 3-light windows on the east and west sides. It has a lean-to lead roof with ashlar parapets. A 14th-century gabled porch is situated between the first and second windows from the left, featuring a double chamfered entrance and a niche above, with a 19th-century ribbed door. The north aisle is similar to the south aisle.

The nave clerestory has four 2-light Perpendicular windows with 4-centred heads and a shallow gabled roof with ashlar parapets and a finial. The west tower consists of two stages, with intermediate string courses, single lancets in the first stage, and double lancet bell openings on each face of the second stage. It is topped with a plain parapet on a corbel table and plain cylindrical pinnacles at the corners.

Inside, there is a chamfered chancel arch, sedilia on the north wall with crocketted gables, and a piscina in the south-east angle on a corbel. The nave arcade has two bays with chamfered arches on octagonal piers with concave sides. Beneath the chancel is a crypt with two bays and a chamfered rib vault. The stained glass in the east window was created by Burlison and Grylls in 1897. The font is circular with four heads projecting from the base, likely from the 13th century. The pulpit incorporates 16th-century Flemish panels, and the Jacobean communion rail features turned balusters. Notable monuments include a portrait bust of a man with flowing hair, which is part of a memorial to Robert Andrew who died in 1667, and a tablet to Sir Salathiel Lovell, who died in 1713, created by Edward Stanton, along with many other marble tablets.