Church Of St Lawrence

The Church of St. Lawrence is a building dating primarily from the early 14th century, with significant alterations and additions in the 18th century. It is constructed of ashlar and some coursed rubble. The west tower was built shortly after 1733 in a classical style, featuring three stages with moulded bands, angle pilasters, four round-arched bell openings, battlements, and pinnacles. A door on the west side is dated 1679, with a round arched surround featuring impost blocks and a keystone. A contemporary window with Y tracery is situated on the south wall of the tower. The nave and aisles, dating from the early 14th century, have a moulded plinth, buttresses with set-offs, some battlemented finials, and slate roofs. A renewed small round cusped window is located at the west end of the north aisle, above a blocked door. The north windows have intersected tracery, and an open arch is attached to the north wall, likely for a former gateway. The northeast window contains reticulated tracery while the southwest window has curvilinear tracery added in the 19th century. The south windows are largely geometrical, with one curvilinear window of the 19th century; the southeast window also has reticulated tracery, and the east window has been renewed with curvilinear tracery. The south porch features angle buttresses, close round-arched ribbing to support the ceiling, and a cusped single-light window to the left. Inside, the nave arcades consist of five bays on quatrefoil piers with double chamfered arches. The building includes a six-bay, flat-topped, three-light Perpendicular clerestory and a low-pitched tie beam roof from the 19th century, supported by wall-pieces and braces resting on carved corbels. The interior retains a complete set of oak box pews, a west gallery from approximately 1843, and a mid-19th century carved organ front. Fragments of medieval glass are present in a south window, alongside stained glass from 1866 featuring rich flower scrolls (an Abney memorial), and a stained glass window from 1910 in the east window.