St Andrew’s Parish church at Epworth is a grade 1 listed building of C15 Perpendiculars Style seemingly developed from an earlier C13 church. The arcades, with their octagonal piers and double chamfered arches are of the C13. The remains of an earlier, lower arcade can be seen in the walls of the C15 Tower suggesting the presence of a much earlier structure.
During the Perpendicular Period that ran from the C14 to C16 the clerestory (the row of windows above the aisle roofs) was constructed, as were the battlements (seen from outside). During this period the north aisle was rebuilt to construct a Chantry Chapel occupied now occupied now by the organ and priest’s vestry. Later a Chantry Chapel was added on the south side, although this chapel no longer exists, the entrance to it can be seen at the east end of the south aisle.


