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St Andrew's, Prestwold
St Andrew's, Prestwold
	52°47′15″N 1°08′41″W / 52.7875°N 1.1446°W
Location	Prestwold, Leicestershire
Country	England, UK
Denomination	Anglican
Website	http://www.barrowandwoldsgroup.com/st-andrews-prestwold
History
Dedication	Saint Andrew
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Designated	1 June 1966
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Leicester
Clergy
Priest in charge	Vacant

St. Andrew's is a Grade II* medieval parish church situated near Prestwold Hall.^[1] The church serves the villages of Prestwold, Burton-on-the-Wolds, Cotes and Hoton.^[2]

Description

Current benefice

St Andrew's forms part of a wider group of churches described as the Barrow and Wolds Group.^[3] The group is currently headed by a Priest-in-Charge who is aided by a number of lay readers.^[4] The church falls within the Loughborough Archdeaconry, and Akeley East Deanery.^[5] The legal name of the parish is Prestwold with Hoton.^[5]

The Barrow & Wolds Group also includes:^[3]

Holy Trinity Church, Barrow upon Soar
St Mary's Church, Wymeswold
St Mary's Church, Walton on the Wolds

Services

The church holds a communion service every Sunday at 9:15 AM.^[6]

Heritage

The oldest recorded part of the church is the west tower, which dates back to the late 14th century.^[1] The church underwent two restorations, one in 1743 and the other 1890.^[2] While the 1743 restoration consisted mainly of general repairs, the 1890 restoration, by the Mr Hussey Packe, included the rebuilding of the nave in the Perpendicular style.^[2] The church contains a number of monuments to the Packe family.^[1]