Description

SP 7627 NE WINSLOW CHURCH WALK

7/151 Church of St. Laurence

19.8.59

GV II*

Parish church. C14 nave, aisles, tower and chancel, altered late
C15 much restored 1884-9. Late C15 S. porch. N. chapel and vestry
1889. Coursed rubble stone, tiled roof to nave and chancel, lead
roofs to aisles. W. tower of 3 stages has battlemented parapet
3-light cusped perpendicular openings to bell-chamber, moulded
Decorated doorway and 2-light window above to west much restored.
Nave has plain parapet,2 3-light late C15 cusped windows and
small central quatrefoil window to clerestory. S. aisle has 4-light
cusped Perpendicular windows flanking porch and in E. end wall,
and 2-light Decorated windows to right and in W. wall, much restored.
S. door has moulded 2-centred archway. Fine C15 porch with battlemented
parapet, finials, buttresses and 4-centred arch on slender shafts to
front with moulded spandrels and ogee canopied niche. Roof with
moulded purlins, ridge and carved bosses. N. aisle has restored
Perpendicular 3-light windows, small 2-light Decorated windows
to left and, in W. wall, and small 2-centred arched doorway. Chancel
has 5-light Perpendicular window to E. a 4-light Perpendicular and
2-light Decorated window to S. and small Perpendicular doorway,
all restored. Interior: tower has 2-centred double chamfered arches
on semi-octagonal responds to nave and aisles. Nave has 4-bay arcade
of similar arches on octagonal piers with moulded caps. Similar arch
to chancel. S. chapel has piscina with 2 ogee cusped arches on
corner of window reveal. N. aisle has fragments of C15 wall paintings
of St. Thomas of Canterbury and St. Christopher. Aisle roofs
partly original. Chancel has decorated cinquefoil piscina with carved
spandrels, restored sedilia and aumbry, and C19 wall paintings.
Altered C17 pulpit. Late C19-C20 glass. Other fittings c.1900
Small brasses to Thomas Figge 1578 and Dorothy Barnard 1634.
RCHM II 339-341

Listing NGR: SP7692927651

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Church of St Laurence at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17536238

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
• 
  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
• 
  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
• 
  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)