Walk around the church, looking at the North Walls
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St Andrews church building dates from 1050 A.D., before the coming of the Normans. The nave, the chancel arch and the lower part of the tower being the original pre-Norman work. The windows are early English and Perpendicular, but the stonework of the old Norman windows is visible on the outside walls. The present spire and nave roof were built after the fire of 26 October 1875, during the incumbency of the Rev. G. C. HALL M.A.
There is a report of a medieval slab grave, located NW of the Chancel. It is described as a tapered slab, of a very deep section, with a much weathered head on a cushion, and a relief cross at each end.
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The North Wall - photographed in three sections, which I am calling Chancel, Nave and West End.
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| The Nave, or mid section of the Northern Wall, with an interior photo of the modern coloured glass in the deeply recessed Norman window
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The roof above the West end has a Chimney, drainpipe and belltower.
Beside the chimney is a mysterious doorway.
These are remainders after the thatched roof caught fire and resulted in the destruction of the wooden spire, bells and roof. The spire was rebuilt in the form of a 'Rhenish helm' copied from that at Sompting in Sussex. The tower still has narrow Early Norman lights.
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Features of the doorway begin with the St Andrew Celtic carved block. The door surround is reported to have been rebuilt in 1866 - 8, or after the fire, in 1876-8
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