Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II* listed building in the South Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1986. Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- empty-gravel-raven
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge MP: Sir Gavin Williamson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1986
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Lawrence, Coppenhall
- OS grid reference
- SJ 907 194
- Coordinates
- 52.77221, -2.13817
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Lawrence is a parish church dating from the early 13th century, with restoration work carried out around 1866. It is constructed of ashlar stone and has plain tile roofs. The church features a 3-bay nave and a 2-bay chancel, with buttresses at the junction and at the east end, reflecting an Early English architectural style.
Both the nave and chancel are adorned with lancet windows, with the south wall of the nave's windows restored around 1866. The east wall has three lancets, the southernmost of which is round-headed, and each window head is carved from a single stone. Above these, there is a circular window dating from around 1866. The west wall includes three graded lancets topped by a single pointed relieving arch. The pointed west doorway features a roll and fillet moulded arch, jambs, and a hood mould. Above the entrance, there is a timber bellcote from around 1866, which has louvred sides.
Inside, the church has a pointed chancel arch with keeled roll moulding, supported by engaged semi-circular columns that have double roll moulded bases and concave capitals. The three western lancets are set beneath a single pointed rere-arch. The nave roof is designed with king posts and curved braces that extend from the posts to the ridge piece and purlins.
Notable fittings include a font from around 1866, which has a moulded base, an octagonal pedestal, and a rounded bowl; a stone pulpit from the same period, featuring trefoiled arch panels that display the symbols of the four evangelists; and a wooden altar rail, also from around 1866, designed with an open trefoil-headed arcade.
Local climate
Church of St Lawrence receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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