St Andrew is a charming building, lovely of proportion, a squat, castellated round tower against a heavily restored Norman church. The south doorway is original, but the other Norman features, the west window and the tub-like font inside, are an 1850s pastiche.
The jewel of St Andrew is the gorgeous Arts and Crafts window on the south side of the Nave. Mortlock thought it was an early work of Leonard Walker. A curiosity is the Royal Arms of George I carved in plaster above the tower arch. The inscription says that they were the gift of Charles Wright in 1716. Some roundels on the north side depict the crucified Christ with the Blessed Virgin and St John. At first sight, I wondered if they were fragments of older continental glass worked into a new arrangement, but I think they are probably late Victorian.
There is a beautiful Art Nouveau wellhead worth seeing opposite the lane to church, this contains the names of the 9 War dead on it and is well worth a look
The church is down a little grassed lane, please walk down to the church as there is no turning round area and the grounds of the Hall are right at the bottom
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