St Andrew the Apostle, Brigstock

The church of St Andrew sits in the centre of the village and it is probably most famous for the Anglo Saxon stair turret, pictured above right. A little internet research shows that this is one of just four of these type of Saxon stair turrets remaining, with another to be found at Brixworth, just over 20 miles away.   The present sdtructure dates back to the late 10th or early 11th century. This building would have been a fairly basic affair with a chancel, an aisleless nave, a west tower and stair turret. Much of the building from that time still exists, but the chancel was enlarged in the 13th century. The two storey porch was added around 1500.   The broache spire, with its three windows, dates from the 14th century. A ring of eight bells hang here with three of these being relatively new additions. When Thomas North was compiling his mid Victorian study on the church bells of Northamptonshire there were five bells hanging here. See Peterborough Churchcrawler for further information.

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