Church of St Andrew, Rippingale

St Andrew’s Church stands in the quiet Lincolnshire village of Rippingale, built mainly of limestone rubble and ashlar with red brick and render patches. A west tower, nave, broad south aisle, south porch and chancel make up its plan, all under a lead roof with stone gables and crosses. The tower, added in the mid 15th century, shows Perpendicular Gothic buttresses and carved shields along its walls. The church’s earliest parts date from about 1250, with major 14th-century work around 1300 and 1350, and a Victorian restoration in 1860. Inside, six pointed arches on clustered piers separate the nave from the south aisle, showing 14th-century craftsmanship. A plain 15th-century font and a parish bier from about 1900 stand within, while the churchyard holds a First World War memorial restored in 2006. Visitors see the tower rising above the flat fenland, marked on the village sign. A 1793-style sundial was reinstalled in 2001, and the south aisle floor was relaid with old headstones to form a social space. The building remains an active parish church and a Grade I listed landmark.