St Andrews Church is a ruined church on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. The church is situated on the east side of the island, above the Church Ope Cove beach, near Wakeham village. It is found close to the ruins of Rufus Castle and the private Gothic Revival mansion Pennsylvania Castle.

In 1625 a wall was built to shore up the land after a landslip had damaged the church, and threatened half of the cemetery to collapse. Another major landslip in 1675 caused considerable damage, whilst the church continued to suffer from an unstable site and various invasions of French pirates. The church was abandoned after it was in danger of falling over the cliff after a second massive landslip around 1734-1735, known as The Great Southwell Landslip which remains Britain's second largest recorded historical landslide. This event caused a large section of the graveyard to slip down the cliff. Following the 1734 landslip, a decision was made, which led to the church being closed and partly demolished in July 1756.

Today, the barest ruins now remain of the church, whilst some of the original stones are in the garden of Portland Museum. - Wikipedia

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