Church Of St Laurence

The Church of St Laurence is a church that was rebuilt between 1861 and 1873 by J Croft, incorporating some older elements, including a 15th-century south porch. The building features coursed clunch and green sandstone with ashlar dressings on the nave and chancel, while the tower is made of Bargate stone, all topped with plain tiled roofs. It has a cruciform layout with a central crossing tower that has a tiled pyramidal spire and a gabled porch on the south side. The central tower includes triangular dormers, rendered eave corbels, angle piers, and a stair turret at the southeast corner, along with a clock face on all sides. The steep gables of the transepts are supported by diagonal buttresses at the base. The windows are a mix of styles, primarily featuring two-light Perpendicular-style windows with plate tracery, some with label mouldings, and three lancet windows on the north side. The timber-framed porch on the south is set on stone dado walls and has open arched lights above, with a crown-post roof and cusped bargeboards on the gable. The south door is planked and fitted with strapwork hinges.

Inside, the church has a three-bay nave and a north aisle with a square crossing and a square pier arcade that features chamfered angles. The arches have hood mouldings with foliage stops. The nave has cusped roof trusses, while the north aisle has a 19th-century crown-post roof. The chancel arch and crossing arches display dog-tooth moulding. There is 19th-century stained glass throughout. Notable fittings include a wooden eagle lectern, a panelled pulpit with a turned baluster railing, and a square stone font with chamfered corners on a square stand supported by detached angle pillars. The church contains several monuments, primarily wall tablets. One on the north aisle wall is dedicated to Anne Woodroffe, who died in 1762, created by J Nutcher of Swaything, featuring a black marble panel with a carved white stone ground and flanking Corinthian pilasters. Another monument on the north transept east wall is dedicated to Edward Noel Long, who died in 1809, and includes a stone tablet with a relief commemorating a shipping accident. There is also an altar painting of the Madonna and child attributed to Cima.