Old St Lawrence Church
OLD ST LAWRENCE CHURCH
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1101088
- Date first listed:
- 24-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Old St Lawrence Church
- Statutory Address:
- OLD ST LAWRENCE CHURCH
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1101088
- Date first listed:
- 24-Jan-1967
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 09-Dec-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Old St Lawrence Church
- Statutory Address 1:
- OLD ST LAWRENCE CHURCH
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:
- OLD ST LAWRENCE CHURCH
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- Welwyn Hatfield (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ayot St. Lawrence
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 19476 16878
Details
TL 11 NE AYOT ST LAWRENCE Old St Lawrence Church (Formerly listed as Ayot Old Church) 1/5
24.1.67
- II*
Derelict Church. C12 nave partly rebuilt C14. C13 N aisle, C14 chancel. Early C15 battlemented tower in 3 stages with canted W face. Flint faced rubble construction, stone dressings. 2-light trefoil headed belfry windows. S porch door with moulded stone arch. Decorated tracery to N windows of N chapel. Decayed C15 tomb chest under the tower with recumbent effigies of a Knight and Lady. Said to have been partly demolished by Sir Lyonel Lyde. (Pevsner (1977) ).
Listing NGR: TL1947616878
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 158265
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Hertfordshire, (1977)
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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