Church Of St Lawrence

LIGHTHORNE CHURCH LANE SP35NW (North side) 4/112 Church of St. Lawrence 30/05/67

GV II

Church. Tower 1771 by Samuel Eglinton. Church 1875-1876 by John Gibson. Tower of limestone ashlar wth contrasting limestone dressings. Church of regular coursed rock-faced limestone with ironstone dressings. Tile roofs have coped gable parapets. Chancel, nave, north aisle and chapel, south porch, west tower. 3-bay chancel, 4-bay nave. Gothic revival Decorated style. Splayed plinth, buttresses of 2 offsets, moulded sill course and splayed cornice throughout, except tower. Chancel has 3-light east window with bar tracery. Sill course stepped down to left and right. Buttresses flush with north and south walls have gablets. South side has narrow door in chamfered surround, with wider hood mould. 2-light windows have cusped intersecting tracery. Open-fronted south porch of stone and timber has arch and glazed panels. Double-leaf doors in chamfered surround. Nave and aisle have 2-light windows with reticulated tracery. Chapel has 2-light east window. North window of 3 small trefoiled lancets. Tower of 3 stages has splayed string courses. Gothick 4-panelled south door in moulded 4-centred surround. Second stage has large blind quatrefoil. West side has large quatrefoil window. Second stage window and bell openings have Y-tracery. Leaded lights, and louvres. Crenellated parapet with moulded cornice. Interior: chancel and nave have sill course continued over doors and arches as hood mould. Arched scissor-braced roofs with subsidiary braces and moulded stone corbels. Chancel has quatrefoil frieze below east window. South piscina. Arched north recess has attached shafts. Large and small chamfered arches to chapel. Chancel arch of 2 chamfered orders with hood mould has half-round shafts with half-octagon capitals. 4-bay arcade has chamfered arches and round shafts with moulded capitals; no responds or imposts. Double-leaved doors to tower in chamfered arch, in double-chamfered straight surround. Inscription above. Treated as one composition with 2-light traceried balcony opening above. Quatrefoil balustrade. Aisle has tie-beam roof. Chapel has coupled rafter roof. Fittings: mosaic reredos. Encaustic tile sanctuary floor. Wrought iron altar rails. Octagonal font with attached shafts. Late C19/C20 Perpendicular style pulpit. Contemporary lectern, stalls and pews. Stained glass: chancel east, nave south-east and central and chapel east windows c.1875. Chapel north windows c.1894. Aisle east window has re-set old armorial glass. Headstone attached to chancel south wall. 1714. Carved limestone. Scalloped top with winged head and 2 bosses. Panel in shaped scrolled pedimented frame with drops. (V.C.H.: Warwickshire, Vol.5, p.117; Buildings of England: Warwickshire, p.340).

Listing NGR: SP3354356019