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St Andrew's is a large church, with a wide nave, separated from a long chancel by an early 20th century screen. There is a Lady Chapel to the south-east of the chancel which is the oldest part of the church. The north and south aisles are both of substantial width. St
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St Andrew's has a variety of services and worship styles, mostly centred on the
Eucharist. At 9am on Sundays the Eucharist is offered in traditional language and at 10.30am the Eucharist is celebrated with choir, music group, worship singers and organ. Sung Evensong is offered once a month on the
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Traces remain of a west gallery, which, prior to the reordering in the 1870s, contained the Seede organ. The gallery was taken down when the organ was enlarged and moved to the east end of the north aisle. There was also a gallery in St
Katherine's Chapel, also no longer in existence, though
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The organ is a large three-manual and pedal instrument with 46 speaking stops. It retains much pipework from the organ by Brice Seede of 1752, together with the fine case façade. Pedal pipes and mechanical stop-changing facilities were added by
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