Church Of St Lawrence

The Church of St. Lawrence is a parish church built between 1753 and 1759, possibly designed by the Reverend Granville Wheler of Otterden Place, on the foundations of a medieval nave. The chancel was added in 1894. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond and has a plain tile roof. The church is rectangular in shape and features a very small chapel or alcove for monuments on the north side, along with a small chancel.

The exterior includes a brick plinth with plain ashlar coping, rusticated ashlar stone quoins, a broad wooden eaves band, projecting eaves with flat soffits, and single plain modillions. The roof is hipped. The west front, facing Otterden Place, has two niches with round-arched rubbed brick heads and stone cills, along with three blank rectangular recesses above. The central entrance features a fielded panelled door with a slightly segmental head, a plain stone architrave, and a triple keystone, topped with a moulded cornice. The south side has three mid-19th century round-headed stone windows.

Inside, the church displays mid-18th century detailing, including Chinese Chippendale benches. There are brasses commemorating Thomas Seintlegier, who died in 1408; Isobel Chyrche, who died in 1488; John Aucher, who died in 1502; and James Aucher, who died in 1508. Notable monuments include a standing wall monument to William Lewin, who died in 1598, made of alabaster and featuring recumbent figures flanked by Corinthian columns; a monument to John Bunce, who died in 1611, with kneeling figures at a prayer desk; and a monument to Sir Justinian Lewin, who died in 1620, attributed to Epiphanius Evesham. This monument is made of alabaster and black marble, depicting a lying figure, a kneeling woman, and a daughter beside them, with flanking columns bearing pediments. Additional memorials include a slab for Margaret Slatyer, who died in 1654, a cartouche for Sir George Curteis, who died in 1702, adorned with putti, and a scrolled cartouche for Ann Curteis, who died in 1722.