St Andrew's Church

St Andrew’s Church stands on Greymare Hill in Northumberland, 293 metres above sea level. Built in 1769 to replace an earlier structure, it served the area until 1837 when a larger church opened a few miles south. By the 19th century mining had damaged the foundations, so in 1892 the building was repaired and remodelled. In 1971 it was declared redundant and passed to the Churches Conservation Trust three years later. The church is a simple rubble-built rectangle with a slate roof and four equal arms forming a cross. A small porch shelters the south door, and round-headed windows light the nave and transepts. Above the west window sits a plain bellcote, while inside the chancel a 19th-century credence table and piscina remain in place. Eighteenth-century headstones lean against the walls, and memorial tablets hang within. Nearby in the churchyard is the Grade I Hopper Mausoleum, joined by three Grade II structures: a hearse house, the Chatt headstone and the Gibson headstone. Stone benches line the porch, and a tiny 18th-century fireplace survives in the vestry. The quiet hilltop setting offers wide views across the surrounding countryside.