Church Of St Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is a building of group value, dating back to the 12th century, with later additions and restoration. Originally comprising a tower, nave, and chancel, it was re-roofed and its north wall rebuilt above the plinth in 1872, following a restoration undertaken by G E Street for Sir Tatton Sykes. The church is constructed of dressed sandstone, set on a chamfered plinth, and has a tiled roof.

The west tower is four-stage, with a semicircular south-east vice containing slit openings. It has twin round-arched bell openings on a central column with cushion capital, recessed beneath round arches with plain imposts. String courses are visible beneath the belfry, topped by a plain parapet. A gabled south porch has a pointed double-chamfered opening with a headstopped hoodmould, featuring uncarved armorial shields. A square-headed south doorway is set beneath a semicircular tympanum, which contains a sundial with a Latin inscription stating "In honour of the Apostle St Andrew, Herbert of Winchester built this Church”. Round-headed lights are positioned to the east of the porch, with an inserted pointed light featuring an ogee-head further east. The north side mirrors the south, without the sundial, and includes an inserted window. The chancel has a square-headed priest's door, a cusped pointed window to its east, and a later square-headed window of two ogee-headed lights further east. A similar two-light window is on the north side. The east window is square-headed, double-chamfered, and contains three lights with reticulated tracery.

Inside, the tall round tower arch has a plain impost, with a balustraded belfry opening above. Round-arched doorways are present on the north and south sides. The chancel arch is stepped and semicircular, with plain imposts. There is a piscina and aumbry in the chancel, and a Norman drum font featuring low relief circles and octagons, some enclosing saltire crosses. A statue of St Andrew by Redfern, dating from 1871-72, stands south of the chancel arch. The church contains a wrought-iron tower screen, a brass and iron chancel screen (by T Potter and Son), a painted iron pulpit, and splendid wrought-iron hinges on all doors. An altar-piece, a painted polyptych by Clayton and Bell, is also present, alongside good stained glass by the same artists. The nave has a painted wagon roof, while the chancel features an arch-braced, collar-beam roof.