Church of St Laurence and Attached Railings
CHURCH OF ST LAURENCE AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, CHURCHYARD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1202794
- Date first listed:
- 15-Apr-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Laurence and Attached Railings
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST LAURENCE AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, CHURCHYARD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1202794
- Date first listed:
- 15-Apr-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Laurence and Attached Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST LAURENCE AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, CHURCHYARD
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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 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, CHURCHYARD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Ludlow
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 51160 74712
Details
The entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 27 June 2017.
SO5174
825-1/1/222
LUDLOW
CHURCHYARD
Church of St Laurence and attached railings
(Formerly listed as Church of St Lawrence and attached railings)
15/04/54
GV
I
Parish Church. Mainly C15, with C13 and C14 fragments. Restored by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, and Sir A Blomfield. Ashlar sandstone; coursed rubble; lead roof.
Nave and aisles, transept, chancel, chancel chapels and north vestry. C13 south doorway; C14 hexagonal south porch, north aisle and north and south transepts; C15 features include the nave and arcade, with clerestory and rich timber roof; chancel, transepts and crossing; crossing tower.
INTERIOR: c1447 stalls, altered C19, with fine misericords; rood screen; stained glass, much restored; monuments to Sir Robert Townshend 1581 and wife, Edmund Walter 1592 and wife, Edward Woties 1635, Ambrosia Sydney 1580, Theophilus Salway 1760, Sir John Brydgeman 1637 and wife, Dame Mary Eure 1612 and husband 1616.
The largest parish church in Shropshire, 203ft long with tower 135ft tall.
Listing NGR: SO5116074705
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 389846
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Cranage, DHS, An Architectural Account of the Churches of Shropshire, (1908), 105-140
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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