Northampton
Northamptonshire
St Andrew is an Anglican parish church retaining a significant proportion of C14 fabric, the majority of the church dating from 1877, by William Butterfield, and additions of 1895/6 by Ewan Christian to Butterfield's design
To the exterior, the west tower is the visible remaining C14 element, a three-stage tower of squared and coursed limestone with rectangular slit windows, paired louvred openings to the bell chamber, and castellation
To the interior, the former nave and north aisle are reused from the C14 church, becoming the inner and outer north aisles of Butterfield's church
The nave arcades are pointed arches carried on muscular piers of banded red and cream stone, with carved capitals
polychrome tiles to the floor and some wall surfaces
There is an extensive stained glass scheme running throughout the church
The font is octagonal, dating from Butterfield's rebuilding, in polychrome marble
The pulpit is of oak, with traceried Gothic superstructure set on a marble base of clustered columns
The organ is of several phases, the earliest dating from the end of the C17