St. Andrew's Church, Langar-cum-Barnstone is a parish church

Parish church

A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....

 in the Church of England

Church of England

The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...

 in Langar, Nottinghamshire

Langar, Nottinghamshire

Langar is a small village about four miles south of Bingham in Nottinghamshire and the Vale of Belvoir.-Geography:To the south of the parish of Langar cum Barnstone, on Langar Airfield, it borders Clawson, Hose and Harby, the district of Melton and Leicestershire. At Hose Lane it meets Colston...

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The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.

History

The church of St Andrew's is often called the 'Cathedral of the Vale' due to its large size for such a small village. This may be in part due to its importance as a place of pilgrimage in Saxon times.

The church was heavily restored

Victorian restoration

Victorian restoration is the term commonly used to refer to the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria...

 by Thomas Butler in 1860.

The North Transept contains monuments to the Chaworth family of nearby Wiverton Hall

Wiverton Hall

Wiverton Hall is an English country house near Tithby, Nottinghamshire..Wiverton Hall is considered to have been established by Sir Thomas Chaworth in 1450. All but the gatehouse was destroyed in the English Civil War....

. In the South Transept is a magnificent monument to Thomas, Lord Scrope and his wife, Philadelphia, with their son, Emanuel, kneeling at their feet. This transept also contains the blocked-up entrance to the Howe tomb with a tablet to the memory of Admiral Howe

Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe

Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe KG was a British naval officer, notable in particular for his service during the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars. He was the brother of William Howe and George Howe.Howe joined the navy at the age of thirteen and served...

, second daughter Mary Juliana Howe and Mary, Countess Howe.

Current parish status

St. Andrew's Church, Langar-cum-Barnstone is in the Wiverton group of parishes which includes:

• St. Giles' Church, Cropwell Bishop
  St. Giles' Church, Cropwell Bishop
  St. Giles' Church, Cropwell Bishop is a parish church in the Church of England in Cropwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire.The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest....
  
  
• All Saints' Church, Granby
  All Saints' Church, Granby
  All Saints' Church, Granby is a parish church in the Church of England in Granby, Nottinghamshire.The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.-History:...
  
  
• Holy Trinity Church, Tythby
  Holy Trinity Church, Tythby
  Holy Trinity Church, Tythby is a parish church in the Church of England in Tithby, Nottinghamshire.-History:Holy Trinity is a medieval church dating from the 14th century, rebuilt in the 18th century, and has Georgian furnishings including a pulpit with reader's desk, box pews, squire's pew and...
  
  
• St. John's Church, Colston Bassett
  St. John's Church, Colston Bassett
  St. John's Church, Colston Bassett is a parish church in the Church of England in Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire.The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic interest....
  
  
• St. Mary's Church, Barnstone
  St. Mary's Church, Barnstone
  St. Mary's Church, Barnstone is a parish church in the Church of England in Barnstone, Nottinghamshire.-Current parish status:St. Mary's Church, Barnstone is in the Wiverton group of parishes which includes:*St. Andrew's Church, Langar...
  
  
• St. Michael and All Angels' Church, Elton on the Hill
  St. Michael and All Angels' Church, Elton on the Hill
  St. Michael and All Angels' Church, Elton on the Hill is a parish church in the Church of England in Elton on the Hill, Nottinghamshire, Grade II listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as a building of special architectural interest....
  
  

Memorials

• Scrope Howe, 1st Viscount Howe
  Scrope Howe, 1st Viscount Howe
  Scrope Howe, 1st Viscount Howe was a politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire from 1673 to 1685 and January 1689 to 1691.-Life:...
  
   (died 1712)
• Emanuel Scrope Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe (died 1734)
• Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
  Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
  Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe KG was a British naval officer, notable in particular for his service during the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars. He was the brother of William Howe and George Howe.Howe joined the navy at the age of thirteen and served...
  
   (died 1799)

Organ

The organ came from St. John's Church, Codnor, and arrived in 1906. It is by Lloyd of Nottingham. The specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

Source

• The Buildings of England, Nottinghamshire. Nikolaus Pevsner
  Nikolaus Pevsner
  Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, FBA was a German-born British scholar of history of art and, especially, of history of architecture...