---
title: "St Andrew, Stainfield"
description: "Located in Stainfield, Lincolnshire. Built 1711; altered 1887. Diocese of Lincoln. Grade II*. Early eighteenth-century estate church, oriented north–south style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Lincolnshire","Stainfield","Grade II*","Georgian","James Fowler"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-andrew-stainfield"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T02:46:39.893Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-08T00:34:38.863Z"
location: "Stainfield, Lincolnshire"
country: "England"
county: "Lincolnshire"
town: "Stainfield"
address: "St Andrew, Stainfield Park, Stainfield, Lincolnshire, LN8 5JJ"
postcode: "LN8 5JJ"
built: "1711; altered 1887"
architect: "James Fowler (1887 alterations)"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Andrew"]
diocese: "Lincoln"
grade: "II*"
style: "Early eighteenth-century estate church, oriented north–south"
materials: "Red brick in Flemish bond, coursed limestone rubble, limestone ashlar dressings; plain tile roof"
openingHours: "Open weekends and bank holidays 10am to 6pm. Other days by prior arrangement."
parish: "Bardney"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1359526"
gridReference: "TF 111 732"
accessNotes: "Ramp or level access available on request. Level access to the main areas. Level access throughout"
---

# St Andrew, Stainfield

St Andrew’s is a Grade II* parish church on Kingsthorpe Lane, Stainfield, Lincolnshire, in the Diocese of Lincoln and the Bardney benefice: a brick church of 1711 set north–south in the former park of Stainfield Hall.

## Overview

Historic England lists a parish church of 1711 with nineteenth-century work by James Fowler. The fabric is red brick in Flemish bond, coursed limestone rubble and limestone ashlar dressings, under a plain-tile roof with stone-coped gables. A north bell turret has a lead-covered ogee cap. Nave and chancel are in one, oriented north to south instead of west to east. The north front has a small square bell turret breaking through the gable, with round-headed bell openings and an ogee cap. The east side is featureless coursed limestone rubble. The south (ritual west) front has a dated 1711 doorway.

Lincolnshire Heritage Explorer records the church built in 1711 to form a vista in the early eighteenth-century park, on the site of a Benedictine nunnery (scheduled monument 1014454). Fowler Gothicized the chancel window in 1887. Interior fittings include early eighteenth-century pews, commandment boards with needlework panels, an eighteenth-century polygonal pulpit, and a wooden reredos with a segmental pediment on fluted Ionic pilasters. Armour (a helmet and gauntlets) is kept in the church. The church is open weekends and bank holidays 10am to 6pm, or by arrangement, with level access.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1359526](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1359526)
- [Lincolnshire Heritage Explorer MLI51201](https://heritage-explorer.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Monument/MLI51201)