Church Of St Lawrence

ILKETSHALL ST. LAWRENCE TM 38 NE 2/20 Church of St. Lawrence 1.9.53 - II* Parish church. C13 and C15. Nave, chancel, south porch, west tower. Rubble flint to main walls, with remains of old render; freestone dressings; C20 concrete plaintiles to nave roof, black glazed pantiles to chancel. There are no windows on the north side. 2-light windows on south: in nave, pointed- arched and cusped, in chancel with curvilinear tracery. The east end is faced in C19 red brick and the 3-light east window has cusped reticulated tracery. A small early C19 vestry with a 2-light Gothick window leads off the north doorway in the nave; there is also a blocked doorway near the altar on the north side. Small tower in 3 stages, in a mixture of unknapped and knapped flint, stone, and septaria; diagonal buttresses faced with plain flushwork panels. The parapet is in red brick with flushwork panels. Flint and stone south porch with black glazed pantiles and pointed-arched doorway. Interior of church mildly Victorianised: benches, pulpit and lectern all C19. Nave roof plastered, with only a moulded cornice exposed; chancel roof, C19, with affinities to Leiston. The floors are paved with small old tiles in a pattern of black, cream and red. There is no chancel arch. C15 font: small base, octagonal shaft, and octagonal bowl supported by mutilated winged angel heads; the faces of the bowl decorated with blank shields and a surround of fleurons. In the chancel, a large pointed-arched niche in the north wall and 4 benches with old poppyheads. Set into the floor of the tower, a plain brass to Richard Beetes, d.1613.

Listing NGR: TM3677586377