Church of St. Laurence is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1984. Church.
Church of St. Laurence
- WRENN ID
- leaning-iron-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1984
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St. Laurence, West Woodhay, Newbury
- OS grid reference
- SU 390 630
- Coordinates
- 51.36561, -1.44054
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Laurence is a church built around 1883 by Sir Arthur Blomfield. It is constructed of flint with Bath stone dressings and has plain tiled roofs. The church features a nave, chancel, north transept, south porch, and a south-east tower. Notable architectural elements include corner buttresses, a plinth, a moulded string at cill level, and gable parapets.
The three-stage tower has paired recessed louvred lancets in the top stage and a tall pyramidal roof. The gabled south porch includes paired lancets on the west side and a two-light plate traceried window on the east side, which is set under a drip mould.
Inside, the church has a simple five-bay nave and a three-bay chancel. There is a two-bay carved timber screen leading to the north transept, and stained glass windows by Morris & Co., with the east window possibly designed by Burne-Jones. Additionally, medieval floor tiles from the original church are set into the wall below the tower.
Local climate
Church of St. Laurence receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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