Church Of Saint Lawrence

SE 26 NE ALDFIELD MAIN STREET (north side)

8/3 Church of Saint Lawrence

6.3.67

GV II*

Church of Saint Lawrence. Mid - late C18. Coursed gritstone rubble, Westmorland slate roof. 3-bay nave, west bell-cote, north transept with vestry, shallow east projection. South side: central 6-panel double door, chamfered jambs, under round-arched window with Gothick tracery. Flanking Gothick windows with Y tracery. Below eaves, centre: sundial with inscription: '1696 Mr. A. SMITH R.W R.L'. Gable copings, lead covered. Rear (north) side: projecting north transept of well-dressed stone. West end: bell-cote supported by a projecting shouldered buttress with central studded board door and stone steps, possibly a mounting block, to left. East window in narrow gabled projection has 2 trefoil-headed lights and quatrefoil. Interior: reduced pointed arch to vestry; shallow sanctuary area paved in marble and stone slabs; vaulted ceiling with moulded plaster ribs; 3-decker pulpit with sounding board and original candlesticks to right of entrance; low altar rail with turned balusters; box pews throughout the body of the church, and an organ inserted across the west doorway.

Listing NGR: SE2658269471