Church of St Andrew is a Grade II* listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 April 1957. A Georgian Church.
Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- other-wall-mallow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 April 1957
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Church of St Andrew, Kirkandrews
- OS grid reference
- NY 391 719
- Coordinates
- 55.03861, -2.95431
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Andrew is a Grade II* listed building, dated 1776, situated on a medieval site and restored in 1893. It features red sandstone ashlar walls set on a plinth, with string courses and dentilled triangular gable pediments, and a graduated slate roof with coped gables. The church has a three-bay nave and chancel aligned on a north-south axis, with a south bellcote tower in an Italian style. The south entrance includes three-panel double doors and a round-headed radial fanlight, flanked by engaged Tuscan columns and a triangular moulded pediment. There are round-headed windows on either side, with square windows above.
The square tower has a sundial dated 1918 that replaces a clock, featuring a commemorative inscription and corresponding round recesses on its other faces. It is topped with a lead domed cupola supported by open columns and a moulded entablature. The weather vane displays cut lettering "R.G. 1635" and "F.G. 1951", referring to the former church rebuilt by Sir Richard Graham between 1635 and 1637 and repaired by Sir Fergus Graham in 1951, hence the initials and dates.
Inside, the nave boasts large round-headed windows set in recessed round arches, a tripartite north window, and a dentilled pediment that continues as a cornice. The interior features 18th-century wooden panelled walls and a panelled plaster ceiling. A rood screen supported by Corinthian fluted columns and a reredos were created by Temple Moore, and organ cases flank the chancel arch.
Local climate
Church of St Andrew sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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