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St Lawrence

St Lawrence

Waltham St. Lawrence

Berkshire

Dates from C11, aisles added C12

Architectural Features

chancel and chancel aisles C13

west tower built early C14, south chancel aisle extended mid C14 with a gabled projection to form a chapel

tower heightened in C16

old tile gabled and coped tile roofs

The west doorway is a C16 insertion with a four-centred head within a square, containing moulding, and restored jambs

Above the doorway is a restored early C14 window with three trefoiled lights and cusped intersecting tracery

between the second and third is a pointed and moulded C14 doorway with a label mould

roof trusses are C19 supported on C14 moulded corbels

The two easternmost are C14 restored, the western window is C19

Between the second and third windows is a C13 doorway with pointed head and a continuous external chamfer, and a C19 hood mould

south chapel has two late C14 windows of two trefoiled lights with tracery under square heads

north chapel has late C14 window of three trefoiled lights and quatrefoiled spandrels under a square head

The two pointed eastern arches are early C14 on an octagonal pier and responds, with moulded caps and bases

On the south wall of the north chapel is a trefoiled piscina with projecting basin and between the chapel and the north aisle is a C14 flying arch of two orders

The hexagonal pulpit is C19 in Jacobean style, the panelled and enriched back supporting the sounding board is early C17 and bears a shield with the date 1619 and the initials 'P.F.' The stone octagonal font is C15 and has traceried panelling

Monuments: an elaborate marble mural monument on the north wall of the north chapel to Sir Henry Neville, d. 1593, and his wife, Elizabeth, d. 1573

Glass: east window by Wailes, c. 1847