Church Of St Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is a Grade I listed building located in Aikton. It dates back to the 12th century, with additions from the 13th century and alterations made in the 18th and 19th centuries. The church is constructed from squared and coursed red sandstone rubble, with many stones, some featuring diamond broaching, sourced from the Roman Wall. The alterations include sections made from calciferous sandstone ashlar. The roof is steeply pitched, covered with graduated sandstone slate, while the chancel roof is made of Welsh slate.

The church features a 4-bay nave, which includes a west double bellcote, a south aisle, and a porch. The chancel has 2 bays and a north vestry. The end walls of the nave are from the 12th century, with the north wall rebuilt in 1869, and the south aisle dating from the 13th century. The 19th-century gabled porch has a pointed-arch entrance from the 13th century. The north wall contains 19th-century lancet windows, while the aisle features 2-light windows from 1869 and one original window in the west wall that is now blocked. The end wall of the chancel is partly from the 12th century, with the wall raised in height and the side walls rebuilt, as indicated by a date of 1732 above the priest's door. The east window, a 2-light design, is from the 18th century, and the 19th-century gabled vestry includes a 13th-century lancet window inside.

Inside, the church has a 15th-century open timber roof supported by 4 kingpost trusses with side struts. The Norman chancel arch features scallop capitals. The 4-bay aisle arcade consists of pointed arches resting on octagonal columns, with east and west responds on moulded corbels. There is a trefoil piscina in the aisle and a 14th-century pedestal font with a square bowl decorated with trefoil and plain rounded designs. A medieval graveslab can be found in the porch.