Description

TF 26 SE REVESBY THE GREEN
(west side)

3/40 Church of
14.9.66 St. Lawrence

G.V. II

Parish church. 1891 by C. Hodgson Fowler in the Decorated style.
Ashlar with plain tiled roofs. Western tower, nave, chancel,
south porch, vestry. 3 stage west tower having angle
buttresses, pierced parapet, pinnacles and set back spire with 2
tiers of lucarnes. In the belfry stage are 2 light windows. The
west window is of 3 lights and above is an ogee headed single
light. The north aisle has 4 two light windows. The gabled
vestry has a small 2 light window, continuously moulded pointed
doorway and glazed triskele to the gable. In the side walls of
the nave are 2 and 3 light windows, and in the chancel are 2
similar lights all having cusped flowing tracery. The east
window is large and of 5 tall lights, with elaborate flowing
tracery at head, with mouchettes. All windows have moulded and
pointed stone surrounds and hood moulds. Gabled south porch has
a moulded and pointed outer doorway and above a pointed blank
niche. Side benches. Inner doorway has continuously moulded
pointed surround. Interior. 4 bay north nave arcade with
filleted quatrefoil piers, annular capitals and double chamfered
pointed arches. Tall tower arch with engaged triple shafted
reveals, annular capitals and triple chamfered arch. In the
south wall of the tower a niche formed of reset early C13
mouldings contains a collection of moulded stone fragments from
Revesby Abbey. Tower is vaulted with circular bell opening.
Chancel arch matches tower arch but has paired columns and double
wave moulded head. In the north side of the chancel a broad arch
to the organ loft and a pointed doorway. Sanctuary has a fine
tiled floor and carved wooden panelling with tile and morther of
pearl inlays. The reredos is also inlaid and has kneeling
figures of gilded angels. Fittings are all late C19. The pulpit
has 4 C16 Flemish panels inset, and the cornice is a reused C17
piece. The disappointing font comprises a section of reused
medieval moulded shaft with a cushion capital top. Monuments.
In north aisle a reset monument to Joseph Banks, d.1727, in the
form of a marble sarcophagus with swept base, surmounted by a
Carrera bust of the deceased, by Nost. Nearby a marble
escutcheon bears the deceased's arms, presumably from the top of
the tomb. Above hangs a mourning banner of Sir Joseph Banks
Bart, the famous explorer and grandson of the deceased.

Listing NGR: TF2984161411

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26510164

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Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)