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Church of St Laurence and Attached Railings

A Grade I Listed Building in Ludlow, Shropshire

  • Church of St Laurence Ludlow

  • St Lawrence, Ludlow

  • St Lawrence, Ludlow

  • St Lawrence, Ludlow

  • St Lawrence, Ludlow

  • St Lawrence, Ludlow

  • St Lawrence, Ludlow

  • St Lawrence, Ludlow

  • St Laurence: pink sandstone, mostly c15 Perpendicular church with crossing tower (135 feet tall)

  • St Laurence: c.1300 hexagonal south porch with Early English doorway & geometric tracery; top frieze of quatrefoils

  • St Laurence: Decorated reticulated tracery at east end of Lady Chapel; chancel windows are c.1433 Perpendicular

  • St Laurence: tall nave with wide aisles looking towards crossing & chancel

  • St Laurence: Perpendicular chancel showing c15 stalls & reredos of 1849

  • St Laurence: stalls in the chancel dating from early c15 with poppy heads & misericords

  • St Laurence: falcon& fetterlock, badge of Richard Duke of York (d.1460), Lord of Ludlow

  • St Laurence: chained & gorged antelope, badge of king Henry VI supported by green men

  • St Laurence: Prince of Wales feathers, possibly commemorating the Black Prince

  • St Laurence: possibly Richard II's badge of a white hart but dog supporters suggest a general hunting scene

  • St Laurence: scene representing high born ladies with early c15 cauled or crespine headdresses

  • St Laurence: scene representing a king

  • St Laurence: mid c14 Jesse window at east end of Lady Chapel

  • St Laurence: Edmund Walter, d.1592 & wife Mary (Hackluit), erected c.1630; recumbent effigy with kneeling children below

  • St Laurence: Edward Waites & wife, 1635; kneeling figures across a prayer desk & mask head; Theophilus Salwey, 1760 (right)

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Entry Name: Church of St Laurence and Attached Railings

Listing Date: 15 April 1954

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1202794

English Heritage Legacy ID: 389846

ID on this website: 101202794

Location: St Laurence's Church, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8

County: Shropshire

Civil Parish: Ludlow

Built-Up Area: Ludlow

Traditional County: Shropshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire

Church of England Parish: Ludlow St Laurence

Church of England Diocese: Hereford

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