In late Perpendicular Gothic style with a timber roof of tie beam construction, it is the second largest church in Norwich, and one of the last medieval churches to be built in the city.

In August 1603 John Robinson (1576 - 1625) became associate pastor of St.Andrew's Church.

It was the home to a considerable number of foreign workers and refugees and its most influential political leaders and merchants were Puritans.

Robinson was one of the founders of the Congregational church and later became pastor to the Pilgrim Fathers before their emigration to the New World.

The successor firm of Hill, Norman & Beard added pipes and swell sub-octave coupler in 1919 and rebuilt it in 1980.