Hambleton is located on the peninsula projecting out into Rutland Water and the substantial church of St. Andrew sits prominently on a hill in this village. It is primarily a 13^th c. church consisting of a W tower, S porch, nave with N and S aisles and a chancel; in the 15^th c. the clerestory was added. In 1892, J. T. Lee demolished the chancel and completely rebuilt it. Of the earlier 12^th c. church, the S and N doorways of the nave remain.

Prior to 1066, the manor and church of Hambleton were part of the dowry of Queen Edith, wife of Edward the Confessor. These were included in his gift of Rutland to her for life, after which they would revert to Westminster Abbey. In 1075 they were in the hands of King William I, under whose lands they were also listed in Domesday Book in 1086. At that time Hambleton seems to have been a substantial village, having seven outliers and three churches and three priests. William I granted the church of Hambleton to one “Albert the Clerk” though he latter restored the church to Westminster Abbey. In the 13^th c. the advowson of the church went back and forth between Lincoln Cathedral and Westminster Abbey and in 1296 it was deemed the possession of Lincoln Cathedral, which has held it ever since.

On the S doorway nook shaft capitals, one of the capitals on each side has been cut to half its full form; this suggests the capitals have been reset from original placement.