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St Lawrence

St Lawrence

Bythorn

Cambridgeshire

Reused C12 details.

Architectural Features

Late C13 chancel, nave and north aisle.

South aisle and arcade early C14.

Chancel rebuilt c.1340 and widened, also north aisle.

West tower and south porch c.1340.

Clerestory C15

north chapel C16.

South elevation: West tower of three stages with moulded plinth and diagonal buttresses rising above belfry windows, and with a frieze band of quatrefoils in circles with a moulded cornice enriched with carved grotesque faces.

South doorway C13 reset with moulded imposts and two-centred chamfered head with moulded label and defaced head stops.

Chancel of two bays with steeply pitched roof, two two-light restored windows with C14 jambs.

Interior: Nave, north arcade late C13, of four bays with two-centred arches of two chamfered orders with moulded label to the nave, and with alternating circular and octagonal piers and responds with moulded caps and bases.

South arcade early C14 of four bays with two-centred arches of two chamfered orders with moulded label to the nave, and quatrefoil piers with moulded caps and bases,.

Chancel arch restored c.1340, two-centred of two chamfered orders, the outer continuous and the inner on semi-octagonal shafts with moulded capitals and chamfered bases and on either side a squint.

North chapel arcade C16 of two bays with two-centred arches of two orders, the outer hollow-chamfered and continuous and the inner springing from semi-circular shafts to a central pier and responds with moulded capitals and defaced bases.

piscina C13 resited with hollow-chamfered jambs and trefoiled head with cusping, bowl with octofoiled drain.

Font, C16 or C17 octagonal bowl with chamfered upper and lower edge, plain octagonal stem and chamfered base on modern plinth.

For monuments and floor slabs see RCHM.