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The stone church with a crenellated tower and tiled roof stands behind a low hedge under a clear blue sky.

St Andrew, Orwell (RGL2025)

St Andrew’s Church, Orwell

History of St Andrew

A pen and ink drawing of Orwell Church, with an inset of a roadside scene and a memorial monument, plus a descriptive label.

Engraving by J S Clarke, 1890s

Listed Building

Parish church. C12 nave and ground stage of tower, late C13 North and South nave arcades, 1398 chancel. The South aisle is late C13 and the North was rebuilt C19.

Churchyard wall. Medieval. (Historic England)

https://www.orwellparishcouncil.co.uk/st-andrews-church-from-the-street/

A stone church with a crenellated tower rises behind bare winter trees and a tall, dark evergreen against a pale blue sky.

St Andrew, Orwell (RGL2025)

The side view of a stone church with multiple arched leaded windows and a tiled roof, set against a grassy slope and sky.

St Andrew, Orwell (RGL2025)

A wooden document on a white wall lists the Rectors and Vicars of Orwell Church, with names and dates inscribed in columns.

St Andrew, Orwell (RGL2025)

A stone wall monument features a painted bust of a bearded man in robes with hands clasped in an arched, decorative frame.

St Andrew, Orwell (RGL2025)

A dark rectangular ledger stone on a tiled floor features an engraved coat of arms and memorial text for Charles Mason D.D.

St Andrew, Orwell (RGL2025)

A rectangular black floor ledger stone in St Andrew’s Church with a carved coat of arms and memorial inscription to John Colbatch.

St Andrew, Orwell (RGL2025)

A rectangular stone memorial slab set into a floor with orange and grey diamond tiles, inscribed with text for James and Hannah Law.

St Andrew, Orwell (RGL2025)

Rectangular stone memorial slab set into a floor with orange patterned tiles, featuring engraved white text commemorating two.

St Andrew, Orwell (RGL2025)

A wooden vaulted church ceiling features a grid of dark beams punctuated by numerous small, colorful heraldic shields and bosses.

St Andrew, Orwell (RGL2025)

An arched stone memorial tablet bearing an engraved inscription commemorating Edward Cannon, who died in January aged 36.

St Andrew, Orwell (RGL2025)

A stone carving on a wall showing a circular cross shape atop a long stem with two swirling scroll-like motifs at the base.

St Andrew, Orwell (RGL2025)

A framed painting of the royal coat of arms featuring a lion and a unicorn flanking a shield, inscribed with 1686 and a motto.

St Andrew, Orwell (RGL2025)

Fragment of a carved stone relief showing a figure on a cross beside a standing robed figure, with weathered surfaces.

St Andrew, Orwell (RGL2025)

Reredos of painted clunch 14th cent.

A steep, light-colored chalky slope rises behind dense, dark foreground bushes under a cloudy sky.

Clunch pit behind Orwell church

Top view of a weathered stone tomb slab featuring a carved skeletal relief and an inscription with a skull above the text.

Orwell church monument, 1682 (RCHM)

A black-and-white view looking up at a wooden church ceiling featuring a grid of timber beams decorated with small shields.

Orwell church, chancel roof c.1398 reconstructed 18th cent. (RCHM)

Carved wooden ceiling boss featuring a central human figure framed by a diamond shape with four foliate corner ornaments.

Orwell church, chancel roof boss c.1398 (RCHM)

A carved wooden roof boss with a central figure enclosed in a diamond shape, surrounded by four stylized floral ornaments.

Orwell church, chancel roof boss c.1398 (RCHM)

Black and white drawing of a central carved human figure in a lozenge frame, flanked by four square panels of foliage motifs.

Orwell church, chancel roof boss c.1398 (RCHM)

Carved wood ceiling boss featuring a central winged figure in a diamond frame, surrounded by four stylized foliate motifs.

Orwell church, chancel roof boss c.1398 (RCHM)

A stone church with a crenellated tower and a porch, seen from the side with a graveyard in the foreground.

Orwell church (RCHM)

A close-up black and white photograph of a medieval stone head carving featuring a wimple or hood, set beneath arched ribs.

Orwell church c.1300 (RCHM)

Black and white drawing of a carved stone head of a person wearing a crown, angled beneath an arched ceiling structure.

Orwell church c.1398 (RCHM)

Stone carving of a bearded male head wearing a flat cap, set within an arch and highlighted by deep shadows.

Orwell church c.1398 (RCHM)

Black and white close-up of a carved stone head, possibly a lion, set into a curved architectural moulding.

Orwell church c.1398 (RCHM)

A stone head carving showing a person with long hair wearing a wide headband, protruding from an architectural surface.

Orwell church c.1398 (RCHM)

Building dates

Built 1100–1199

Source for this date

Built 1100–1199: Listed building: C12

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