Church of St Lawrence
CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE, ASKERBANK LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1191388
- Date first listed:
- 01-Feb-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Lawrence
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE, ASKERBANK LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1191388
- Date first listed:
- 01-Feb-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Lawrence
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE, ASKERBANK LANE
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 LAWRENCE, ASKERBANK LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- Staffordshire Moorlands (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Rushton
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 93434 62073
Details
RUSHTON C.P. ASKERBANK LANE, SJ 96 SW Rushton Bank
4/146 Church of St Lawrence - 1.2.67 GV II*
Parish church. C15 and earlier core to fabric dated variously from 1690 to 1848. Coursed and dressed stone and rubble; stone slate roofs; verge parapets on shaped, corbelled kneelers and pinnacles. West tower clasped by vestry and store; nave; north aisle and family chapel; chancel. Tower: of 3 stages and flanked by lean-tos to north and south; the profile from the west is of a gable, set slightly lower and shallower than the nave, truncated below the apex and capped by a shiplap weather- boarded bell-chamber of one stage with shingle roof, gabled north/south; single light, rectangular, projecting, louvred bell chamber openings; rectangular window to north lean-to and under west side of bell chamber, 4-light, labelled chamfer-mullion window to ground floor of west end and arched light, 2-light window adjacent to vestry door, cambered head inscribed on lintel with a shield I L W South porch: gabled and timber-framed, I C M mid-C19 with arch-braces to gable end 1768 truss. Nave: of 4 bays; early C18 remodelling; very low, single-storey eaves line to south, broken by 2, slightly projecting, tall, gabled and pinnacled masonry wall-face dormers dated T S W , 3-light round-arch windows containing Gothic Survival J T M tracery; windows of 3 round-headed lights set below and 1848 to east of each dormer. Ogee-headed south door heavily nailed and boarded dated TWW . North aisle: lean-to, low eaves 1713 of 3 bays; chamfer mullioned 3-light TBC windows; 2-light to west return against tower; single-storey, flat-roofed chapel to east end of aisle against chancel and flush to east end; crenellated parapet set above eaves of aisle; 2, closely-spaced 3-arch light square-headed windows to north side and blocked door with entrance steps to east, set against chancel. Chancel: dated 1690; single bay, of similar eaves height to nave, but shallower pitch; angle buttresses of 4 short stages and 2 massive gable buttresses on plinths and of 6 short stages dated below corniced top stage A.D. - 1848, referring to the buttresses only; labelled and ovolo mullioned and transom 4-light, round-headed east window, dated over TKW 1690; chamfer mullion 2-light window to south; blocked door adjacent to east inscribed in lintel TPW . Interior: 2 king post trusses TCM remain of C15 timber framed church, resting on posts to the north; the west truss is complete with tie, braced king post to collar plate bearing trussed rafter construction; eastern truss has a replaced king post, rising not to collar, but to ridge and with curved arch-struts; rafters invisible beneath barrel vaulted, plastered ceiling. C17 west gallery with shaped flat balusters to handrail; 3-sided bay-front early C18 timber pulpit with free-standing, moulded columns to angles; circular stone drum-shaped font against east wall of vestry; family chapel to north-east of church on raised dais, box pews and panelling to east wall; painted hatchments in chancel; large painted inscription on centre of the beam: "O . WORSHIP . THE . LORD . IN . THE . BEAUTY . OF . HOLINESS".
Listing NGR: SJ9343462073
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 275357
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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