Built on a hill overlooking the older parts of Helions Bumpstead, St Andrews seems too big both for the plot of land it occupies and for the village it serves. The church is a mish-mash of styles and materials. The nave is Norman, the chancel mid-13th century. A south aisle was added in the 14th century but demolished in the late 18th century leaving the octagonal piers, and then rebuilt in 1834. The tower was built in 1812 and the porch in 1956. Internally, all seems to come together in a harmonic and pleasingly simple whole. Credit for this must go to the restorer in 1932, CC Winmill. St Andrews is Grade II* listed.