St Andrew's Church is all that now remains of a sizable settlement consisting of a castle, church, and up to two hundred slated houses around a village green. All but the church had been cleared by the beginning of the nineteenth century.
The church was almost certainly originally built in the Saxon period but different parts of it have been altered and restored at various times. The tower is the oldest part, probably built in the 11th century with the nave resting on Saxon foundations and a Norman moulded chancel arch. The chancel was extended during the 13th century and, in the medieval period the Shortflatt Chapel was built into the east end of the south aisle. The chapel contains a stone effigy of a knight thought to be Robert Reymes who died in 1323.
In the chapel's east wall is an interesting small window by Leonard Evetts which commemorates the fortunate escape from serious damage in 1942 when a German bomb entered the church but failed to explode. The German pilot, Willie Schludecker, who was totally unaware of what happened until fifty years later, made a return visit to the church in 2004.
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