St. Andrew's is a Grade II* listed building meaning that it is particularly important and of more than special interest. The listing includes the building itself together with the interior fittings, furniture and the Lych Gate. The architect, Richard Cromwell Carpenter was well established with a London practice by the time the church was designed in 1848 and he later went on to oversee the restoration of Sherborne Abbey. Rather unusually for this part of the world the church is topped by an impressive spire and the whole building makes a strong Gothic Revival statement. Inside there are the stained glass windows and some elaborate carved oak furniture to see.