Photo ©Gill Beckett 2010
This ancient building of flint rubble and stone dressing was mainly built during the 1300s in the Perpendicular style.
It consists of a chancel, nave, north aisle, south chapel, organ chamber and vestry, and a battlemented western tower and south porch. The tower, built partly of brick, was constructed during the 15th century.
The south porch is the ground stage of an earlier, unfinished south tower, and the old armoury (the room above the south porch) is all that is left of the upper rooms of the south tower. The church was restored in the 1800s when the south vestry and organ chamber were added.
On 24th September 1944 the church and lych gate were damaged by the explosion of a V bomb. The windows of the church were boarded up and all restoration was postponed until after the war.
The current church committee is looking to add much needed kitchen and toilet facilities over the next few years.
St Andrews Church and surrounding parishes are currently without a vicar, but services are still held regularly and everyone is welcome. The church is open every day for visitors and private prayer and contemplation.
Any enquiries should be directed to the Church Wardens:
- Rosemary Brown (01787 237912)
- Barbara Payne (01440 785335)
(Information taken from "A History of Great Yeldham" by Adrian Corder-Birch.)