Church of St Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is a red brick church, built in the 18th century. It is situated on a prominent corner plot on Wood Street and St Andrew’s Close, with the main entrance facing south. The church consists of a short, rectangular nave, a semicircular sanctuary, and an attached vestry. A west tower and porch are also present, with entrances on opposing sides.

The exterior walls are constructed of red brick laid in English Garden Wall bond, topped with a pitched slate roof. The walls feature a brick cornice, and much of the brickwork has a tumbled appearance. Most windows are recessed and have pointed arches framed by single or double brick surrounds. The original timber three-light windows with plain glass remain. Corner buttresses and four simple lancet windows alternate with stepped buttresses on each side of the four-bay nave. A bellcote tower rises above the west end, supported by two substantial stepped buttresses. The tower roof is gabled, with smaller gabled projections set at right angles on either side, each featuring recessed openings with louvers. Between the buttresses on the tower are paired windows above a roundel, with a pent-roofed porch below. The porch has triple square-headed windows and is entered through opposing doors on the north and south sides.

Inside, two steps lead to a small, semicircular sanctuary with a domed ceiling and a simple hood mould. Iron altar rails with barley-sugar twisted supports and ivy-decorated brackets, topped with a moulded wooden rail, are present. Three of the five lights in the upper sanctuary walls contain leaded glass with stained glass roundels. A door leads from the sanctuary to a small, irregularly shaped vestry that wraps around the apse. The vestry has original five-panelled doors and retains a mantelshelf with a boarded-over fireplace. Original benches with close-boarded backs and curved ends remain in the nave, separated by a central aisle. A later organ has been installed at the rear of the nave. The walls are plainly painted, with a timber cornice running along the top. The roof is supported by three segmental-arched timber trusses resting on stone corbels, and incorporates four timber quatrefoil ceiling ventilators. The west porch retains its original heavy wooden double doors at the north and south entrances, with glazed small panes and original door furniture.

In front of the west end, a low brick wall with stone copings and original ornate railings extends. A pair of gate piers with moulded caps support original ornate wrought iron double gates.