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St Lawrence

Architectural Features

tower and clerestory added late C15

Chancel and porch have plain-tile roofs

Chancel and nave have C12 pilaster buttresses

Western part has C14 two-light window with reticulated tracery and hood mould with head stops to each side

North side has re-set C15 three-light window with intersecting tracery in eastern part

Western half has imitation ashlar render, 2-light window and straight-headed C14 low-side window

Simple C12 doorway inside has round arch with imposts and C18 plank door

the eastern is C15, with a 4-centred arch

the western is late C15, with a Tudor arch

Moulded cornice and embattled parapet with 2 gargoyles and the remains of another, and a crocketed pinnacle above the porch

North side has re-set C12 doorway of 2 orders, the inner a plain arch with imposts, the outer a roil moulding and nook shafts with fluted capitals, and an ancient plank door with strap hinges

Re-set C13 lancet to east

Plain round arch, with jambs forming pedestals of 2 monuments

Western part of chancel has panelled ceiling, and part of a blocked C12 window

C12 chancel arch of 2 roll and hollow-moulded orders with hood mould

north abacus is carved with a man being eaten by 2 monsters

The nave has a very shallow-pitched Perpendicular roof with moulded tie beams, braces and purlins, and gilded carved bosses

Aisle has C12 arch with nail-head ornament, but without jambs, re-set in north wall

Mid C18 fittings: reredos of 2 black and gilded Tuscan columns has open semi-circular pediment with winged head at apex, tympanum with inscription I/H/S pierced so that light from the east window shines through, and C17/C18 painting

Late C19 fittings: elaborate traceried octagonal wood pulpit

Carved octagonal stone font with granite clustered shaft

Stained glass: chancel north window: jumbled medieval fragments

Monuments: chancel has monuments placed on the pedestals of the central arch

Wall monuments: chancel east wall, north of reredos: John Bracebridge Ludford 1775 and family

3 hatchments on nave south wall.