Church of St Laurence

The Church of St Laurence is a small parish church situated on the edge of the village of Wicken. The building largely dates to the 14th century, although the chancel is from the 13th century and the clerestorey is 15th century. It is constructed of clunch and flint with Barnack stone dressings, and has tiled roofs.

The west tower comprises three stages and features an embattled parapet with panelled pinnacles surmounted by pyramidal finials. Buttressing is present on three sides, and a newel staircase is located in the south-east corner. The nave has a 15th-century clerestorey with three windows on each side, each containing two trefoil lights. The south aisle has three 14th-century windows, all restored in the 19th century, and an east window featuring original clunch tracery with three cinquefoil lights in a square head. A 14th-century south porch has a depressed outer arch that is chamfered, and a two-centred inner arch with a continuous roll moulding. A wheel cross sits above a later sundial at the gable end. The chancel, dating to the 13th century, has an extensively repaired south wall. The fenestration is 14th century and mostly restored, with one original 13th-century lancet window in the north wall. The north doorway is a reset 13th-century design of two orders; the outer arch is moulded and carried on engaged shafts, while the inner order is chamfered.

Internally, the walls are of clunch. The tower arch, nave arcade, and chancel arch all share a similar 14th-century moulding in two-centred arches. The nave is in three bays, with arches on octagonal columns with moulded capitals and bases. The 15th-century roof, likely contemporary with the clerestorey, is also in three bays and is of collar rafter construction. The cambered tie beams are carried on wall-posts and mask corbels.

The church contains various monuments, including a marble slab in the chancel commemorating Henry Cromwell (1673), his wife Elizabeth (1687), and their son Henry (1692). Brasses are also present, those of Margaret Peyton (1414) and John Peyton (1520). An external wall monument to William Drage is located on the east wall of the south aisle, dating to 1728. Three stalls in the chancel feature misericords carved on the underside: one depicting a female head, and two with scrollwork. Within the vestry is a medieval coffin lid with an omega ornament.