Church Of St Lawrence

The Church of St. Lawrence is a parish church located on Thorpe Main Street. It dates back to the 13th century and was restored and rebuilt around 1873. The church is constructed of dressed coursed rubble and features slate roofs, with a single decorative iron ridge cross at the east end. The tower, nave, and chancel are all under one roof, accompanied by a south porch. The building is buttressed and stands on a chamfered plinth.

The tower, which has been restored, is from the 13th century and features two stages with a band, parapet, and a 19th-century pyramidal roof. The west wall includes a single lancet window. The bell chamber has single arched openings on the west and south sides, with moulded surrounds; the south opening is under a flat arch. There is also a single rectangular opening on the north side. The north nave has two 19th-century arched two-light windows with cusped tracery, hood moulds, and label stops. The east end features a single arched three-light 19th-century window with cusped panel tracery, hood mould, and label stops. A south buttress is inscribed with "W.W.B.T. 1869." The south chancel has a single 19th-century two-light window with cusped tracery under a flat arch, alongside a Caernarvon arched doorway with a plank door and another 19th-century two-light window with cusped tracery, hood mould, and label stops.

The gabled and coped porch has a chamfered arched entrance with a hood mould and label stops, leading to an inner chamfered arched doorway with similar features. Inside, there is a low domestic chamfered archway to the tower. The south chancel includes an ogee arched piscina, while the nave contains the remains of a pedestal piscina. The church features a restored 14th-century font, and the 17th-century cover has eight slender open ribs that rise to form ogee arches, topped with a single acorn knob. In the tower, there is a 17th-century oak chest with iron fittings, and the remaining furniture is from the 19th century.

Notable monuments include a damaged late 14th-century reclining effigy of the wife of Sir William de Thorpe in the south chancel, and two metal plaques on the south chancel wall commemorating Charles Townsend (1865) and Elizabeth Brady (1709).