Church Heritage Record 621571

3-bay nave with south porch. Chancel with south vestry.

Archaeological records have revealed the remains of medieval settlements and earthworks within 1km of the church and records should be checked if any development is proposed.

There is no mention of the church in the Domesday book. A fragment of round-headed window set in the north wall until 1889 (now in the exterior west wall of the porch) has concluded the dating of the church as Norman. A list of rectors dates from 1200. A local historian, Sinclair, wrote that the church was rebuilt in the 13th century with a south arcade and west tower and that a north aisle was added or rebuilt in the 14th century. Between 1634 and 1846 (or 1807 as bells re-founded then) both aisles and the tower were demolished.  The arcades were filled in with sash-windows inserted to light the interior. Faculty was granted in 1774 for a new roof to replace the lead roof. Additional notes from 1846 note the church as having red brickwork at the gable ends, of a wooden east window, ceiled and plastered roofs and brick buttresses at the angles of the nave. The closed tower arch remains visible at the west end.

Between 1889-90 a substantial rebuild and restoration was undertaken by R H Fowler, son of local architect James Fowler. A wooden ICBS plaque in the vestry records the allocation of a £30 grant in 1889. The work was initiated and fundraised by the incumbent at the time, Revd H Greenwood whose initials feature on the date stone at the west end. Fowler inserted new windows and a south door, rebuilt the chancel arch, extended the chancel and built a south vestry on the site of a former Lady Chapel. Historic slabs and gravestones were relocated and incorporated into the building fabric, and coffins found beneath the former Lady Chapel were built into the vestry walls.

The sanctuary was refurnished in 1927. A replacement altar top was installed and curtains fixed. The graveyard has been cleared since 1947.

St Andrew's is a small church of Victorian appearance built in a mixture of irontone and limestone incorporating re-used material and medieval ledger stones, most evident in the south wall. The windows are of decorated tracery, the west window has an ogee hood mould. Stepped buttresses are placed at the bay divisions. The blocked tower arch is visible at the west end.

The slate-tiled roof with ridge tiles has two levels, the chancel being lower than the nave. A bellcote with surmounting spirelet above the west gable contains a single bell, above the east gable is a stone cross finial. A vestry extends south of the chancel, above it a chimney projects from the roof south of the chancel crossing. A porch is attached at the south-west corner.

Inside, the aisleless nave is plastered and limewashed leaving the blocked stone arcades, tower arch and window surrounds exposed. The roof is high, creating a sense of space and size, and is open to the brace collar and scissor trusses, timber boarding behind. Piers to the north side are octagonal, those to the south are round and/or clustered. Windows with clear glass are set within the arcades (three 2-light windows to the north, two 2-lights to the south and a 3-light window above the west tower arch). The floors are paved with encaustic clay tiles with raised timber boarded pew platforms either side of the aisle, overlaid by carpet. Unfixed pine pews.

The chancel is separated from the nave by a high 19th century pointed chancel arch and is raised by a single step. 3-light east window with stained glass. 2-light window, like those in the nave, set within north wall. The floor is paved with decorative encaustic and glazed floor tiles. Oak choir stalls to north and south, frontals with blind quatrefoils in roundels. The altar is raised by a further three steps. A decorative stone aumbry is set within the north wall of the chancel. To the south, a low 14th century pointed arch leads into a lean-to vestry lit by a 2-light square-headed window in the south wall. 13th century coffins are set vertically within east and west walls.