Description

SJ 91 NW DUNSTON AND COPPENHALL C.P. COPPENHALL

3/33 Church of St. Lawrence

GV II*

Parish church. Early C13, restored c.1866. Ashlar; plain tile roofs. 3-bay nave and 2-bay chancel with buttresses at the junction and at the east end. Early English style. Nave and chancel have lancet windows, those to south wall of nave restored c.1866; 3 lancets in east wall, the southernmost is round headed, each window head is cut from a single stone, circular window of c.1866 to gable above, the west wall has 3 graded lancets with a single pointed relieving arch over; pointed west doorway with roll and fillet moulded arch and jambs and hood mould. Timber bellcote of c.1866 above with louvred sides. Interior: Pointed chancel arch with keeled roll moulding, springing from engaged semi-circular columns with double roll moulded bases and concave capitals; the 3 western lancets are set beneath a single pointed rere-arch, nave roof has king- posts, with curved braces extending from posts to ridge piece and purlins. Fittings: Font of c.1866, moulded base, octagonal pedestal and rounded bowl; pulpit of c.1866, stone, trefoiled arch panels containing the symbols of the 4 evangelists; altar rail of c.1866, wooden, open trefoil-headed arcade. V.C.H. Vol. 5;B.0.E. P. 108.

Listing NGR: SJ9077519409

External Links

• St Lawrence's Church, Coppenhall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17544946

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)