[3] In 1884 a new church had been built in the parish, dedicated to the Holy Innocents, and St Andrew's became its chapel of ease.

By the late 1920s, due to an increase in the size of the local population, the Holy Innocents church was too small.

[5] St Andrew's is constructed in rendered flint rubble, and contains some Roman bricks and tiles.

It has a simple plan, consisting of a nave and a chancel in a single cell, a north vestry, and a turret at the west end surmounted by a spire.

The font probably dates from the 13th century, and consists of a circular bowl with an octagonal rim, standing on a modern pedestal.

The oak lectern dates from the 17th century; it was used by W. E. Gladstone when he visited the church and read the lesson.