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St Lawrence

St Lawrence

Harpley

Norfolk

C13 evident in interior

Architectural Features

to south aisle, C14 tower

chancel, C15 rebuilt nave and north aisle, south porch.

South aisle has complex history, beginning with 3 south side c.1500 2-light 'Y' tracery windows.

One 5-light stepped lancet east window under single arch c.1300.

C14 2-light window at south-west junction with tower.

Fine richly moulded 2-centred inner arch house C15 oak door with outer band of niched saints, tracery upper spandrel, lower ogee arched wicket door with 2 angels and tracery panels under central transom division.

Aisle heightened during incumbency of John Brewe, Rector 1389-1421, clerk and chaplain to Sir Robert Knollys, builder of Sculthorpe Church, Norfolk.

Kneeling Angel at west, priest in rocket with dry and book at east.

Fine 3 bay chancel and north vestry addition by John de Gurney, Rector 12 94-1332, also patron of Iwing.

C14 north vestry.

Fine C15 nave roof with arched braced principals on wall posts, elaborate wall plate and ridge collars with angels.

C15 north aisle roof with moulded principals and wall posts on coved heads.

South aisle roof has C15 principals only surviving.

C15 pierced back poppyhead benches throughout.

High Victorian font, and fine High Victorian 4 Evangelist pulpit, reading desk.

Fine c.1300 Early English sedilia and piscina with collonnettes, cusped arches, pierced spandrels.

C14 in situ stained glass in east window.

Chancel has C13 piers with stiff leaf capitals, 2-centred Decorated arch above.

Fine C14 rood screen panels repantiled 1865, rich tracery upper lights, central ogee arch.

Fine north side heavily recut cusped ogee arch door with open work spandrels, C15 battlemented crested top.

C15 4-centred arch Easter Sepulchre.