Church Of St Lawrence

MORECAMBE AND HEYSHAM

SD4364 CHAPEL STREET, Morecambe 939-1/5/33 Church of St Lawrence 06/04/79

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Former parish church, now redundant. 1876-8 by Paley and Austin. Snecked sandstone rubble with red tile roofs. Decorated style. Comprises a tall nave and chancel with clerestoreys, north and south aisles, south porch, north porch intended as the base for a tower, south chapel, and north vestry. The west wall contains 2 windows of 3 lights with reticulated tracery. The gabled south porch has a moulded pointed doorway with a carved panel above. The 4 nave clerestorey windows are of 2 lights and the 2 chancel clerestorey windows are of 3 lights. All have Decorated tracery of various descriptions. The south chapel has paired gables, each with a 2-light window with flat head. The east window is of 5 lights and has flushwork panels below, of sandstone infilled with rubble. Interior: 4-bay nave arcades with octagonal piers, double-chamfered arches, a high moulded chancel arch, an arch to the north of the chancel and more richly moulded arches to the 2-bay south chapel. The nave and chancel with waggon roofs with braced tie beams. Furnishings removed. Pevsner considered this to be Paley and Austin's best church in Morecambe.

Listing NGR: SD4327264290