Church of St Laurence
CHURCH OF ST LAURENCE, OLD WARWICK ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1035098
- Date first listed:
- 11-Apr-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Laurence
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST LAURENCE, OLD WARWICK ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1035098
- Date first listed:
- 11-Apr-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Laurence
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST LAURENCE, OLD WARWICK ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST LAURENCE, OLD WARWICK ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Warwickshire
- District:
- Warwick (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Rowington
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 20400 69270
Details
ROWINGTON OLD WARWICK ROAD SP26NW (East side) 4/102 Church of Saint Laurence 11/04/67 GV I Church. C11/C12 origins; C13 nave; C14 tower and chancel; C15 nave arcades; C16 north aisle; restoration by Bodley and Garner c.1872. Squared coursed stone; old plain tile roof to nave and chancel; roof of north aisle and tower not visible. 3-bay chancel, central tower, 2-bay nave, and 7-bay north aisle North side: 2-centre arched doorway with plank door to right of centre of nave. 3-light stone mullion windows to centre of north aisle and to east and west ends. 3-light stone mullion window with Perpendicular lights to left of north aisle. 2-light stone mullion window with lancet lights to right of north aisle. Plain stone parapet to north aisle. 4-light Curvilinear tracery window to east end of Chancel. South side. C19 porch to left of centre of nave, with plank door to 2-centred archway. Two 3-light intersecting tracery windows to centre of nave. 2-light stone mullion windows with lancet lights to right of nave and to left of chancel. 4-centre arched doorway to centre of chancel. West end: Tudor-arched doorway to centre with hoodmould and plank studded double-leaf door. 5-light Perpendicular tracery window above. Tower: Y-tracery louvred opening for each side of bell-chamber. Battlemented parapet to tower. Interior: 3-bay arch-braced collar-truss roof with arch-bracing to common rafter trusses forming barrel vault. Late C17 altar rail of turned baluster balustrade. C15 wood screen to north aisle with plain panels to bottom and quatrefoils to top. 7-bay flat roof to north aisle, having C19 painted decoration to spine and cross beams. 2-centre chancel arch on octagonal half-columns. Crossing has 2-centred arches on shafted crossing piers. C15 stone pulpit to crossing with tracery panels to sides. 2-bay wood barrel-vaulted roof to nave. North and south nave arcades of two 2-centre arches on octagonal piers. (Buildings of England: Warwickshire 1966, p383; A Guide to St. Laurence Church, Rowington, undated guide book) [ 99]
Listing NGR: SP2040369269
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 308366
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
A Guide to St Laurence Church Rowington Warwickshire, ()
Pevsner, N, Wedgwood, A, The Buildings of England: Warwickshire, (1966), 383
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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