Heybridge, St Andrew

The Church

The beautiful Grade 1 listed parish church of St Andrew’s Heybridge dates from the 12^th century.

It is built of rubble flint with ashlar dressings, and has a plain tile roof. The door dates form the fourteenth century and is set into a 12^th century moulded arch. The door has very early ironwork dating from the 12th century, a rare survival.

The interior is simple: the two-bay nave has no aisles, and the chancel has two bays. In the chancel, a blocked priest’s door has a coffin slab built into it.

The upper part of the low tower fell in the 15^th century and was restored by Henry Bourchier.

There is an unusual monument to a female servant from Jamaica set into the north wall.