Former Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1951. A C19 Church. 4 related planning applications.
Former Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- lone-rampart-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1951
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Former Church of St Lawrence, Castle Road, ME16 0LT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 748 577
- Coordinates
- 51.29234, 0.50594
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Church of St Lawrence is a 19th-century rebuilding that retains a medieval north doorway in the north face of its tower. The building is constructed from local sandstone rubble and ashlar, with freestone dressings and red clay tile roofs.
The plan includes a nave, chancel, northwest tower-porch, and a south transeptal projection, which likely served as a former vestry. The northeast corner features a large squat, unbuttressed tower that incorporates a pointed medieval doorway with a moulded arch and a hood-mould with stops. The top of the tower has plain single-light lancets, and the squat spire is of the chamfer type. The east end displays a pair of lancet windows with a circular, cinquefoiled window positioned between and above them. The west window features three lancets grouped under a hood-mould. There is no distinction between the levels of the nave and chancel roofs, and on the south side, there is a gabled projection with a pair of lancet windows in the south wall.
The interior has been converted into living accommodation and was not inspected. The church was converted to residential use around 1980. The site is of archaeological interest due to the potential remains of the medieval church and burials.
Local climate
Former Church of St Lawrence sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
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