Church Of St Andrew

The Church of St Andrew is a parish church dating back to the 14th century, with further construction in the 15th century and a restoration in 1873 by William Butterfield. It is built of coursed and squared rubble with lead roofs and coped verges. The church consists of a nave with a clerestory, a short chancel clasped by large north and south chapels, north and south aisles (the latter containing a further chapel and porch), a north porch, and a tall west tower. The architectural style is predominantly Perpendicular, with some Decorated features.

The three-stage west tower has diagonally connected set-back buttresses rising to shafts and pinnacles, a pierced parapet with quatrefoils, and a stair turret with a pinnacle. The bell-chamber windows are triple two-light, with the central one louvred and the flanking ones blank. A large four-light west window is above a door, which is flanked by niches containing figures of the Annunciation. The interior of the tower features a lierne vault. Similar pierced parapets extend to the nave, aisles, and chancel, with pinnacles present. The clerestory windows are Decorated two-light, while the aisle windows are three-light Perpendicular. The chapels have further large Perpendicular windows, and the east window was part of the 1873 restoration.

Inside, the aisles have a five-and-a-half-bay layout with 14th-century arches leading to the north and south chapels. A later, elaborately panelled arch in the south aisle chapel incorporates three figures in the respond. The chancel arch is a product of the restoration. The nave and north and south aisles retain 14th-century roofs, with colouring and gilding by Butterfield, and a similar wagon-roof covers the chancel. There is a painted 15th-century stone pulpit and a restored 13th-century piscina in the chancel. C19 parclose screens in the north and south chapels likely incorporate earlier work. The north aisle contains 15th-century carved bench ends. A painting from the 17th century by Jan Erasmus Quellinus depicting "Christ at Emains" is located in the south aisle chapel, alongside some 15th-century stained glass, as well as further stained glass from the 19th century. An altar table dated 1631 stands within the church, accompanied by a chest tomb in the chancel dedicated to Sir Thomas Cheddar of 1442 with a brass; a brass depicting his lady, dated 1474, is at its base. Opposite are the remains of a further chest tomb. The early 14th-century font has a 17th-century cover. Paintings from 1810 depicting "Time and Death," which originally flanked the chancel arch, are now situated under the tower. A 17th-century chest is also present, along with a peal of eight bells, the earliest of which likely date to the pre-Reformation period, and several 19th-century wall monuments.