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Description: Church of St. Andrew

Address: St. Andrews Church Stainland Road Stainland Halifax West Yorkshire

Grade: II

Group detail: Stainland Road (west side)

Full description:
Built as an independent chapel, 1775 and enlarged and altered with addition of tower to the designs of Charles Child, in 1840, when taken over by the Church of England. Dressed stone with ashlar dressings. The original chapel, now the body of church, of 4 plain bays extended in 1840 to form chancel in matching build. Stone slate roof with block brackets to eaves. Simple round headed windows in squared ashlar surrounds. 1826 ashlar sundial to east side. The 'west' tower porch has 2 storeys containing round arched doorway and window above with framing quoin pilasters and cornice; belfry above has pronounced batter with chamfered corners, arched bell openings louvred in stone, moulded cornice and crowning stone cupola-dome. The tower porch is flanked by single storey wings with same fenestration as side elevations and moulded eaves cornice. The east wing extends further with pediment gable and triple group of archivolt arched lights facing east above doorway with cornice on console brackets and archivolt arched fanlight over it.