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St Lawrence

St Lawrence

Bourton-on-the-Hill

Gloucestershire

C12 nave, C14 chancel and north aisle.

Architectural Features

C15 south aisle, nave clerestory and three stage tower.

5 gargoyles from string on north side of nave.

3-light stone-mullioned casements with cusped heads and carved spandrels.

C19 panelled double door within C15, 4-centred arched doorway from south porch into south aisle within moulded surround with dragon and leopard in relief in left and right spandrels respectively

primitive carved bearded face on right jamb.

South aisle: C12 arcade of 3-bays comprising 3 circular piers with scalloped capitals and pointed arches, the latter probably rebuilt late C12.

Reputed remnants of upper part of C14 stone screen from Moreton-in- Marsh, at east end of south aisle, comprising the upper portion of 6 trefoiled lights in 3 pairs with blind ogee cusped quatrefoils above each pair.

C14 piscina with trefoil arch, crocketed gable and pinnacles reset in jamb of rebuilt south window.

Nave fittings: C15 octagonal font with tracery panels at rear of church.

C20 pews and pulpit.

Chancel fittings: English style altar with dossal and riddel posts with carved and gilded angels by Edward Bateman 1928.

C19 stained glass in east window.

Monuments: C18 ledger to Ann Gibbs and highly decorated but eroded ledger to the wife of Alexander Popham (q.v. Bourton House) with date 1688 in floor of south porch.

Monuments on south wall of south aisle: White on black decorated marble tablet with urn to William Bateson died 1819 over south door.

Wood plaque, dated March 1831 recording the endowment of 'The Retreat for the Aged' above pier opposite the Kemp Harward memorial.