Church of St Andrew

St Andrew’s Church stands in the quiet village of Old, Northamptonshire, on the south side of Church Lane. It is an Anglican parish church and a Grade I listed building. The current structure mostly dates from the 13th and 14th centuries, built of square coursed lias with ashlar dressings and a slate roof. The church has a chancel, a four-bay clerestoried nave with a south aisle, a north porch and a west tower. The chancel arch belongs to the 15th century, when the clerestory, porch and widened aisle were added. The church commemorates Alexander Ibbs, rector here until his death in 1606, with a Latin-inscribed monument set in the north chancel wall. In 1874–5 the building was restored, adding a vestry and organ chamber off the chancel, a barrel roof to the chancel and a new aisle roof. Historic parish registers survive from 1559, now kept at Northamptonshire Record Office. Old forms part of a united benefice that also includes Hannington, Scaldwell and Walgrave, each village keeping its own church. The interior shows the 15th-century widening of the aisle and the 19th-century barrel roof and vestry. Outside, the west tower and slate roofs mark the church’s long presence over the village lanes.