St. Andrew, Hambledon, Rutland
Description
The church of St. Andrew is a building of stone, chiefly in the Early English style, with a Perpendicular clerestory, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and a western tower with low octagonal, spire, relieved by canopied dormers in the cardinal faces, and containing 5 bells, dated respectively 1887, 1610, 1621, 1861, and the fifth, originally the fourth, also 1887: in the church are various monuments of the last century to the Hippisley family : the church was restored in 1892 by W. G. Marshall esq. at a cost of upwards of £5,000, and in 1895 the chapel in the north aisle was refitted and dedicated in memory of the Rev. George Gibb, vicar (1885-93) by his widow.
Church Records
The parish register dates from the year 1558.