Church Of St Lawrence

The Church of St. Lawrence is a Grade II* listed building located in Sigglesthorne. It features an early 13th-century west tower, which was restored in 1616 and again in 1763. The church also has 13th-century north and south nave arcades, with a north aisle and chancel added in 1827. The church underwent restoration by Pearson in 1848. It is constructed from cobbles and brick with stone dressings, including some ashlar, and has lead roofs.

The three-stage west tower includes a low chamfered plinth, angle buttresses, and chamfered string-courses. The first stage has a lancet window under a hoodmould, while the second stage features a central plaque with the inscription GG:TE and a sundial, which includes a bronze gnomon dated 1818. The belfry has two trefoil-headed lights with attached shafts and a vesica over, all within a pointed arch that is also adorned with attached shafts and roll moulding under a hoodmould. An inscription from 1763 is found on the west elevation, and the tower is topped with a crenellated parapet.

The nave has two chamfered lancets in the south aisle and three in the clerestory, with 19th-century lancets in the south chapel. The south porch features a medieval pointed door under a hoodmould, with a plaque above noting the restoration of 1848. The chancel includes a lancet window to the west and paired lancets to the east, all under hoodmoulds with foliage stops. There is also a pointed priests' door with a similar hoodmould and monarch head-stops. The east window consists of four lights with reset late Perpendicular tracery under a hoodmould.

Inside, the early 13th-century north and south arcades have been rebuilt in the 19th century. They feature waterholding bases, cylindrical piers, and attached shafts supporting pointed double-chamfered arches. The chancel arch mirrors this design with two chamfered orders on attached shafts. In the north aisle, there are three wall monuments dedicated to members of the Gibson family: George Gibson, who died in 1809, has an inscription with an urn and willow leaves above, and a heraldic shield with laurel leaves below; Mathew Topham Gibson, who died in 1833, has a similar monument (by T. Earle of Hull); and Jane Richardson (née Gibson), who died in 1839, is commemorated with an inscription and an obelisk featuring a mourning figure (by Patric Park of London).