"The Church is a neat stone edifice in the Early English style, which was rebuilt in 1759, consisting of nave, and chancel with square western tower, the latter being added in 1821. About 1847 the chancel was rebuilt and the church restored; the cost, which amounted to £1600, was defrayed by Lord Ravensworth. In 1884, it was again restored at a cost of £1400, when the chancel arch was widened and raised, and an organ chamber and vestry added. The internal fittings are of oak, the seating accommodation being for 380. This chapelry formed the second prebend to the collegiate church of Chester, founded in 1286; but the chapel existed previous to that period. At the dissolution a slight provision was made for a perpetual curate. The living is now a vicarage, the Earl of Ravensworth being the lay rector, who receives the great tithes, the vicar taking the small tithes. The gross income is £220, and the vicar is the Rev. Robert William Snape."
[From History, Topography and Directory of Durham, Whellan, London, 1894]
There is a picture (82 kbytes) of the parish church of St. Andrew, Lamesley; supplied by Bill Henderson.
