The church was built in grey brick in 1830–31; the architect was Edward Lapidge. A south aisle with a rose window, designed by Raphael Brandon, was added in 1860,[4] and a chancel in red brick, by Bodley & Garner, in 1900–01.[2] The carvings of the screen and choir stalls are by John Harper.[5]
The church has 32 windows; eleven with stained glass installed between 1901 and 1948, four of which are by Shrigley & Hunt. The three-light window at the west end by Hugh Ray Easton, installed in 1932, shows Saint Andrew in the centre, flanked by scenes of baptism and confirmation.[6] The east window of the Crucifixion was designed by Sir Ninian Comper (1900) and was erected in memory of Harry Scott of Ancrum (d 1889) by his stepdaughters Violet Cavendish-Bentinck and Hyacinth Jessup.[5] Surrounding the high altar are eight large paintings of prophets and evangelists.[7]
There is a memorial stained glass window to Sir George Dance (1857–1932), a dramatist and theatrical manager, and his son Erik who died in a prison camp in World War II.
Major George Shannon DockrellOBE (1886–1924) was an Olympic swimmer who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 metre freestyle event for Great Britain. In 1914 he joined the Rifle Brigade, 9th Battalion, and was wounded in France in August 1915; promoted to Staff Captain in 1917 and to Major and appointed OBE in 1919. He died from lingering shrapnel wounds to his back at the Officers’ Hospital, Richmond, Surrey.[9][10]
Wilfred Hudleston Hudleston (1828–1909), English geologist whose epitaph records "An eminent scientist whose work and research did much towards the advancement of geology".
Henry Warren Scott, the son of Sir William Scott, 6th Baronet, of Ancrum who died on 23 August 1889 at Forbes House;[22][23] his wife, Louisa Scott (1832–1918) was the maternal grandmother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the great-grandmother of Elizabeth II.
Arthur Shadwell (1854–1936) British physician and author, specialising in public health, temperance, and wider problems of economics and politic. He lived on Ham Common.[24]
Sarah Smith (1832–1911), writer of children's books under the pen name Hesba Stretton.[25]
Charles Smyth Vereker (1818–1885), Commandant of the Limerick Artillery Militia, author of 'Scenes in the Sunny South' (1871) about Algeria, and the novel 'The Child of the Desert' (1878). He was the son of Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort and Elizabeth, his second wife, who is also buried here.[26]
The church has a service on Sunday mornings, a Sunday School for children between the ages of 3 and 11 years and a youth group for older children.
On the initiative of a German-speaking congregation established in 1979 by parents of pupils attending the German School nearby in Petersham, Lutheran services in the German language have been held at St Andrew's since 1980. The services are held twice a month on Sunday afternoons, with a concurrent Sunday school. There are also regularly scheduled ecumenical services shared by the Anglican St Andrew's congregation and the German-speaking Catholic congregation[33] (which holds services at St Thomas Aquinas, Ham).
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