Church Of St Lawrence The Martyr

The Church of St Lawrence the Martyr is a parish church dating to 1909, situated in Mansfield. It is constructed of random squared stone with ashlar dressings and plain tile roofs with gutters on brackets, built in a Free Gothic style. The church comprises a nave and chancel, transepts, a west porch, and a south-west tower.

The chancel has blank sides and a graduated triple lancet window to the east. The north transept features two single lancets with hoodmoulds to the north, and a blocked arch to the west. The south transept has a four-light flat-headed mullioned window with a label mould, and a smaller window to the right. The nave has, on either side, two single lancets flanked by segmental pointed-arch three-light windows, with further single lancets beyond. The south side includes a pointed arched door with a flat-headed surround to the east, and a graduated triple lancet to the west, beneath a lean-to porch with a coped gable. A moulded segment-arched double door gives access, with a three-light mullioned window below to the left. A single lancet is located on the right return.

The square, three-stage south-west tower has a chamfered north-east corner, impost band, parapet with moulded stepped coping, and a corner stack. It incorporates a pointed-arched double door with a hoodmould, above which is a single lancet with a label mould. The bell stage has a flat-headed louvred double opening on each side, and the parapet features recessed panels with a cross on each side.

The interior of the nave has a principal rafter roof with tie beams and strutted kingposts under the purlins, with a round-arched plaster ceiling above the purlins. The narrower chancel exhibits a similar round arch with wooden ribs. The nave’s walls are painted brick. A stained-glass window is present on the north side, dating to 1952. The south side contains a pointed doorway to the east. At the west end, a triple lancet is positioned above and below a central round-arched opening to a baptistry, flanked by inscribed moulded war memorial panels and a stained-glass memorial window and brasses, dating to 1949. Segment-headed double doors are located beyond. The chancel opening features plain ashlar piers, the south one incorporating a pointed arched doorway. The east end displays a stained-glass window, dating to approximately 1909. The north side contains a recess housing an organ. The south side comprises a chamfered pointed double aumbry and piscina, and a recess with a wooden lintel and pointed arched door leading to a vestry within the transept.

Notable fittings include an octagonal eggcup font dated 1662, a panelled wooden pulpit, altar rail, stalls, desks with shaped ends, a wooden eagle lectern, and chairs, all dating from the early to mid 20th century.