St Andrew's Church, South Runcton

The Church of St Andrew dates from the early 12th century.^[1] Almost nothing of this original church now remains. When the artist John Sell Cotman sketched the church in 1812 it was in complete ruin.^[a][3] In the 1830s, the Norwich Diocesan architect John Brown was engaged to undertake a rebuilding.^[1] Bill Wilson, writing in his Norfolk 2: North-West and South volume in the Buildings of England series, revised and re-issued in 2002, terms Brown's almost complete reconstruction "pitiless".^[4] Little beyond a fragment of the chancel arch remains of the original building.^[1]

In 2023, having been declared redundant by the Church of England and attempts to identify alternative uses for the building having failed,^[5] St Andrew's was taken into the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches.^[3] As at 2025, the church remains closed while the FoFC undertakes a major restoration of the building, in consultation with Historic England.^[b][3][6][7]

St Andrew's consists of a nave with porch, a chancel and a bellcote. The style is Romanesque Revival. The building material is brick, cased in cement render and with a slate roof.^[1] The interior is plain and whitewashed.^[8] The church is a Grade II* listed building.^[1]

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  Another view
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  An example of the "very elementary"^[4] stained glass
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  Interior