Church of St. Laurence
Church of St. Laurence, West Woodhay, Newbury
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1210177
- Date first listed:
- 29-Oct-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St. Laurence
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St. Laurence, West Woodhay, Newbury
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1210177
- Date first listed:
- 29-Oct-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St. Laurence
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St. Laurence, West Woodhay, Newbury
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, West Woodhay, Newbury
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- West Woodhay
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 39044 63098
Details
SU 36 SE
15/46
WEST WOODHAY
Church of St. Laurence
II
Church. Circa 1883 by Sir Arthur Blomfield. Flint with Bath stone dressings and plain tiled roofs. Nave, chancel, north transept, south porch, south-east tower. Corner buttresses, plinth, moulded string at cill level and gable parapets.
Three stage tower with paired recessed louvred lancets in top stage and tall pyramidal roof. Gabled south porch with paired lancets to west and two-light plate traceried window to East under drip mould.
Interior: simple five bay nave and three bay chancel, two bay carved timber screen to north transept, stained glass by Morris & Co. with east window possibly to the design of Burne-Jones, mediaeval floor tiles from original church set in the wall below the tower.
Listing NGR: SU3904463098
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 394850
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
British Geological Survey, Strategic Stone Study, accessed 5 February 2020 from https://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/buildingStones/StrategicStoneStudy/EH_atlases.html
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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