Summary
Buildings and artefacts
Buildings and Artefacts: Grade I listed building in cruciform plan; central tower with early English transepts; separate Saint Andrew’s Centre in the village centre with public café, halls and modern facilities; elegant bank arcading on walls; roof timbers; restored chancel by Sir George Gilbert Scott; large lectern in the form of an angel and an eagle; memorials and stained glass.
Congregation to population ratio
210/5,208
Fundraising
Occasional concerts; no specific fundraising campaigns.
Income generation
Rental of Saint Andrew’s Centre halls and rooms; Saint Andrew’s Centre Café; regular giving.
Communications
Website; Facebook page; YouTube channel; Instagram account for youth work; magazine network; yearbook; leaflets; noticeboard; video screens in the café.
Community engagement
Saint Andrew’s Centre and café; services in care homes; working with charities; working with other faiths; flower festival; Light Treasure Hunt; Christmas quiz; churchyard clean-up; dementia choir; EssenceXtra; mosaic service; stepping stones for preschool children; Table Talk; TRIO groups.
Church category
Rural
Deanery
North Stowe
Address
Church Street, Histon,
Cambridge CB24 9EP