---
title: "St Andrew, Wroxeter"
description: "Located in Wroxeter, Shropshire. Built Anglo-Saxon fabric with Roman masonry; chancel c.1190; tower lower stage c.1470, upper 1555; south aisle demolished 1763; restored c.1863; porch 1890. Diocese of Lichfield. Grade I. Anglo-Saxon, Norman and Gothic style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Churches Conservation Trust","Shropshire","Wroxeter","Grade I","Anglo-Saxon","Roman masonry","Viroconium"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-andrew-wroxeter"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T03:08:55.298Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-08T18:58:12.887Z"
location: "Wroxeter, Shropshire"
country: "England"
county: "Shropshire"
town: "Wroxeter"
address: "Village, Wroxeter, Shropshire, SY5 6PH"
postcode: "SY5 6PH"
built: "Anglo-Saxon fabric with Roman masonry; chancel c.1190; tower lower stage c.1470, upper 1555; south aisle demolished 1763; restored c.1863; porch 1890"
denomination: "Churches Conservation Trust"
dedications: ["Andrew"]
diocese: "Lichfield"
grade: "I"
style: "Anglo-Saxon, Norman and Gothic"
materials: "Sandstone; tiled roofs"
openingHours: "Open daily."
parish: "Eaton Constantine with Wroxeter"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1224008"
gridReference: "SJ 563 082"
accessNotes: "Accessible toilets nearby. Level access to the main areas"
---

# St Andrew, Wroxeter

St Andrew is a Grade I redundant church in Wroxeter, Shropshire, in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The village and church stand in the southwest corner of the Roman town of Viroconium.

## Overview

Historic England and Wikipedia record Anglo-Saxon work incorporating Roman masonry, with later medieval, eighteenth- and nineteenth-century phases. The church is sandstone with tiled roofs: nave, south porch, chancel, south vestry and west tower. The north wall of the nave is Anglo-Saxon and contains large Roman blocks with Lewis holes. The font is carved from the base of a Roman column. A fragment of a seventh-century cross-shaft is set in the south wall.

Domesday Book records a college of four priests. In 1155 William FitzAlan gave the church to Haughmond Abbey. A chancel was built about 1190 and a south aisle about 1210. The upper tower of 1555 reuses material from Haughmond. In 1763 the south aisle and chapel were demolished because of unstable foundations. The church was restored about 1863; a porch was added and the tower restored in 1890. It was declared redundant on 1 December 1980 and vested in the Trust on 18 May 1987. Interior monuments include alabaster tomb-chests to Thomas Bromley (d. 1555) and Sir Richard Newport (d. 1570).

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1224008](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1224008)
- [British Listed Buildings: Church of St Andrew](https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101224008-church-of-st-andrew-wroxeter-and-uppington)
- [Wikipedia: St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Church,_Wroxeter)