Church of St Lawrence is a Grade I listed building in the Merton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1954. A Late Gothic (explicit) Church. 2 related planning applications.
Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- turning-stair-starling
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Merton
- Constituency
- Mitcham and Morden MP: Dame Siobhain McDonagh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 May 1954
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Late Gothic (explicit)
- Address
- Church of St Lawrence, London Road, SM4 5QT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 250 674
- Coordinates
- 51.39226, -0.20421
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Lawrence is a parish church located in Morden, built in 1636, possibly incorporating earlier elements. It is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and features a steeply pitched red tiled roof. The church exhibits a late Gothic style, with an aisleless four-bay nave leading to a short chancel and a square three-stage west tower. There is a north vestry added in 1805. The nave has pointed two-light windows with 'Y' tracery, and the east window is a cusped four-light design with later perpendicular tracery. A projecting southwest porch features a pointed arched moulded doorway, which was restored in 1887.
Inside, the church has a plastered and whitewashed interior with a barrel-shaped roof supported by tie beams and king posts. A west gallery was added in 1792. Notable fixtures include original stained and painted glass in the east window, depicting figures of Moses and Aaron with the Tablets of Law, along with tracery lights from 1828. The inlaid timber pulpit, dated 1720, features a sounding board and turned balusters on the stairs. There is also a turned baluster altar rail from the 18th century, hatchments, and wall monuments, including a bust of Peter Leheup Esq, who died in 1777, and the tomb of Sir John Roland, among others.
Local climate
Church of St Lawrence sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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