Caunton is a village in Nottinghamshire, located 6mi NE of Newark-on-Trent. The church of St Andrew consists of chancel, clerestoried nave, N and S aisles, S porch and W tower. The church was reconstructed and enlarged in the late 12thc – early 13thc. and extended by one bay to the W. The earliest part of the tower is 13thc.; the latest work in the upper stages is 15thc. In the 13thc. the S aisle was widened to incorporate a chantry chapel. The S porch is 13thc. The chancel was rebuilt in the restoration carrried out by Ewan Christian in 1869. Romanesque sculpture is found on two capitals of the S arcade.

Though the settlement is mentioned in Domesday the church is not. The first vicar is not recorded until 1318.

There is carving of similar type on the capitals of pier 1 and the W respond and the capitals are probably of the same date. That on pier 2 is much more exuberant and probably dates to after 1200. Cox describes the S aisle arcade as Early English. Whilst this is certainly true of the W extension, the capitals of the E and W responds and pier 1 are almost certainly pre-1200.