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St Lawrence

Architectural Features

Coursed and squared rubble and some ashlar, freestone dressings, coped verges, cruciform finials, tile and lead sheeting roofs.

blocked Norman north doorway, very plain and not in its original state, detached polygonal shafts, cushion caps

Three bay aisle, buttresses, pierced parapet with trefoils in triangles, pinnacles, gargoyle

inside benched on tile floor, stoup, niche with canopy for former statue, now missing.

Short single bay chancel, 2-light Perpendicular window to south side, lancet to north side, late C13 east window of 2 lights with encircled quatrefoil in plate tracery, foiled rere-arch.

Plastered interior on tile and encaustic tile floors.

Roofs appear all C19 on C13/C15 corbels carved as heads, wall shafts to outer wall of the aisle

Late Norman tower arch of one order of columns, trumpet caps, one step arch.

ST4948 : St Lawrence, Westbury-sub-Mendip: font

C13 octagonal font.

ST4948 : St Lawrence, Westbury-sub-Mendip: font

© Basher Eyre

C13 piscina to chancel.

Perpendicular stone pulpit.

Late C19 pews, choir stalls, altar rails, brass lectern, very large neo-Decorated reredos and organ.

Earliest monument to George Rodnei (sic), obit 1587, forming a reredos to transept, inscription plate in 4-centred arch, columns, entablature, no effigy.

Wall monument dated 1615 behind organ

C17 slab to floor

good pedimented wall monument to nave inscribed

Five principal C19 wall monuments by Bath and Bristol firms.

Late C19 stained glass to east window.