Stone church with a central tower and spire, surrounded by a leafy graveyard and a gravel path under a blue, cloudy sky.

St Mary and St Andrew, Whittlesford (RGL2025)

St Mary and St Andrew, Whittlesford

History of St Mary and St Andrew Whittlesford

Listed Building

Parish Church. C12 tower and nave. Chancel rebuilt in C13 and nave walls heightened. C14 rebuilding with south aisle enclosing south wall of tower, and porch built by Henry Cyprian, windows inserted into north and west nave walls. C15 south chapel and south aisle windows; belfry and lead spire.

Chest Tomb. Limestone. To Richard Blow d. 1749 and others. (Historic England)

Stained glass window divided into two panels featuring contemporary scenes of local life, landscapes, and text under an arch.

St Mary and St Andrew, Whittlesford (RGL2025)

Stained glass shows an older person sitting in a chair reading and a person in a face mask knocking at an exterior door.

St Mary and St Andrew, Whittlesford (RGL2025)

A stained glass window showing a night scene with cottages, two faces, red roses, and a brick wall with window outlines.

St Mary and St Andrew, Whittlesford (RGL2025)

Blue-toned stained glass depicts a winter village scene with houses, a tree, people walking, and a large figure on the right.

St Mary and St Andrew, Whittlesford (RGL2025)

Stained glass window depicting a patient in bed, figures in masks, poppies, a parachute, and silhouettes against a blue scene.

St Mary and St Andrew, Whittlesford (RGL2025)

Stained glass window detail showing a woman in a brown dress pushing a pram beside a pond with a swan and foreground flowers.

St Mary and St Andrew, Whittlesford (RGL2025)

Stone arches set into a church wall, with a small painted floral detail in the top of the taller recessed niche.

St Mary and St Andrew, Whittlesford (RGL2025)

A stained glass panel depicting legs in sandals standing among flowers, a small creature in a pool, and text reading 2022.

St Mary and St Andrew, Whittlesford (RGL2025)

Stone walls feature a tall arched window, a shallow carved stone alcove with a wooden door, and a rectangular wall monument.

St Mary and St Andrew, Whittlesford (RGL2025)

The church chancel features a wooden panelled ceiling, a stained glass window, and a central altar beneath a painting.

St Mary and St Andrew, Whittlesford (RGL2025)

A recessed stone arched niche with faded green and red decorative paintwork, containing a small clear glass jar at the base.

St Mary and St Andrew, Whittlesford (RGL2025)

A long, rectangular metal chest heavily reinforced with iron straps and large rivets sits on a brick floor by a wall.

St Mary and St Andrew, Whittlesford (RGL2025)

A stained glass window showing a central crucifixion scene flanked by panels depicting the Annunciation and resurrection angels.

St Mary and St Andrew, Whittlesford (RGL2025)

A worn brown metal Milners safe with a circular crest on the door stands on a stone floor with a white box on its top.

St Mary and St Andrew, Whittlesford (RGL2025)

A brass memorial plaque with black and red engraved Gothic script, secured with screws against a dark background.

St Mary and St Andrew, Whittlesford (RGL2025)

A square stone font bowl rests on four small carved pillars and a central circular base atop a tiered stone platform.

St Mary and St Andrew, Whittlesford (RGL2025)

Interior of a church showing wooden pews, stone arches, an exposed timber roof, and an altar at the far end of the nave.

St Mary and St Andrew, Whittlesford (RGL2025)

The stone tower of a church with flint-textured walls, battlemented parapets, carved stone heads, and a dark metal spire.

St Mary and St Andrew, Whittlesford (RGL2025)

A circular clock face with Roman numerals sits above a narrow, arched, grid-paned window on a flint-rubble church wall.

St Mary and St Andrew, Whittlesford (RGL2025)

The figure carved under clock is a ‘sheela na gig’. The only other such figure on a church in Cambridgeshire is at Etton.

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Whittlesford

A maroon fabric banner with white stitched lettering reading WHITTLESFORD SUNDAY SCHOOL and a central white cross emblem.

Whittlesford Sunday School banner

Building dates

Built 1100–1199

Source for this date

Built 1100–1199: Listed building: C12 (grade I)

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