Church Of St Lawrence

TQ 35NW CAT@UUY & WARLINGHAM CHURCH ROAD, FORMER URBAN DISTRICT CATERHAM 2/11 Church of St. Lawrence 21.9.54

GV I

Church. C12 with C13 restorations to chancel arch, east wall rebuilt in late C18 and restored in 1927. Rubblestone and clunch dressings; coursed dressed stone with brick quoins to east end, rendered on west end and vestry. Plain tiled roof with Horsham slabs to porch and weatherboarded bellturret with shingled broach spire above to west end. Originally apsed Norman church to which was added a south chancel chapel, C12, since destroyed leaving nave and chancel with aisle and vestry to north and porch to the south. Diagonal buttresses to nave and chancel with Y tracery windows and lancets.

Interior: much patched and altered with stone floors. 2 bay C13 round arched north arcade on circular piers and abaci with double chamfers to arches; central pillar bears stone bracket with carved monster head. 4 framed bays queen post roof to north aisle; 2 bay crownpost roof to nave. C13 chancel arch dying into imposts. South chancelwall contains priests door and remains of south chancel chapel (one stiff leaf capital to east respond). North aisle chapel arch to chancel with hard plaster foliage impost frieze.

Fittings: Rectangular piscina on north chancel wall; oak panelled dado screen across chancel.

Wall paintings: Traces of painting in chancel arch spandrels and in north aisle walls.

Monument: North chancel wall: Dedicated to Elizabeth Legrew, dated 1825. Kneeling profile figure with book under ogee arch, all of white marble and carved by her son: "Legrew Sculpt,1832".

Listing NGR: TQ3358455397