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St Lawrence (Church of England)

St Lawrence (church Of England)

Ardeley

Hertfordshire

Nave C13 or earlier

Architectural Features

chancel and N aisle early C13

early C14 S aisle, chancel arch, and W tower

C15 clerestorey and angel roofs to nave and aisles

C18 red brick buttresses with tumbled brickwork, stone bases and stone offsets to S aisle and chancel (rendered). Steep old red tile roofs to chancel and porches, roofs of nave and aisles concealed by embattled parapets

Chancel with C13 lancet in N and S walls (reset), piscina on S and tomb-recess on N both with shafted jambs and dog-tooth ornament

Brasses on S wall Philip Metcalffe 1515 vicar

on S jamb of C14 chancel arch of 2 chamfered orders Thomas Shotbolt with wife and children 1599

next pulpit lower part of female figure and inscription to John Clerk and wife c1430