Description

SK 05 NE WARSLOW AND ELKSTONES C.P. WARSLOW

4/151 Church of St. Laurence

1/2/67
- II

Parish Church. 1820 with additions of 1908 by Lynam and Sons. Rough
faced ashlar with rusticated ashlar quoins to nave, porch and tower;
clay tile roofs with coped verges on kneelers. 2 bay chancel; 4 bay
nave; South transept; North vestry. South porch; West tower; mainly
round headed windows and doors. Chancel: roll moulded windows:
tripartite East window with raised keys and bracketed sill; circular
light above with re-set datestone of 1631 over; buttresses to each side
of East window. Nave: windows have raised keys, imposts and sills;
moulded cornice and plain parapet. Door with rusticated surround to
gabled South Porch dated 1970. South transept has 2 lights to South
and lunette above dated 1908 on sill. West tower of 3 stages; West
door with rusticated surround, square windows to ground floor; crenellated
parapet and corner finials. Interior: Very wide round headed chancel
arch with roll moulding, springing from moulded corbels; widely splayed
pointed doorway to West tower. Plaster ceiling to nave with central
roundel and suspended brass chandalier; open timber roof to chancel of
2 collars with raking struts in between braced from the upper collar;
tie beam is braced from the wallplate. Fittings: Early C19 wooden
West gallery; Romanesque font; roughly circular bowl with 4 roughly
moulded strips attached; box pew in S.E. corner of nave and bench pews,
all early C19; North and South windows of Chancel have decorative
mosaic surrounds; 1 stained glass window of 1880 and 1 of 1920 both in
nave, East window is 1910.

Listing NGR: SK0863558640

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26556268

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)