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St Laurence

Tidmarsh

Berkshire

C12 with circa 1220 apse, restored with additions in late C19

Architectural Features

Tile roofs with parapeted nave roof to east

south side: 2 central 2-light C19 windows with Y-tracery and hoodmoulds with carved stops, and C13 lancet to right with chamfered reveals

C12 doorway to left with 2 orders of decoration including chevron and chain, and head of Christ at apex

C19 gabled south porch of red brick with tile roof, wavey edged barge boards, and C20 wrought iron gates

North side: C13 lancet to left with chamfered reveals, and 2 central 2-light C19 windows with Y-tracery and hoodmoulds with carved stops

Flint with stone dressings, plinth and lean-to tile roof

Timber framing under bellcote to west with carving by C19 vicar's wife

C13 wall paintings in reveals of north and south lancets

Plaster vault with moulded ribs and carved boss

Chamfered apse arch with impost mouldings, and hoodmoulds with carved stops

Fittings include C18 communion rail with twisted balusters and fluted Doric balusters at intervals, restored C15 octagonal wooden pulpit with traceried panels, and re-cut C12 font with intersecting arcade

Monuments include brass to Margaret Woode of 1499, brass to Henry Leynham of 1517, and tablet to Robert Hopkins of 1834 by Whitelaw with draped urn

This church is especially interesting for its C12 south doorway and very rare C13 polygonal apse

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