Church of St Lawrence
CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE, CHURCH ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1377607
- Date first listed:
- 21-Sept-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Lawrence
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE, CHURCH ROAD
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- Reference:
- IOE01/02372/18
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1377607
- Date first listed:
- 21-Sept-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Lawrence
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE, CHURCH 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 LAWRENCE, CHURCH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Surrey
- District:
- Tandridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Caterham-on-the-Hill
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 33584 55397
Details
TQ 35NW CAT@UUY & WARLINGHAM CHURCH ROAD, FORMER URBAN DISTRICT CATERHAM 2/11 Church of St. Lawrence 21.9.54
GV I
Church. C12 with C13 restorations to chancel arch, east wall rebuilt in late C18 and restored in 1927. Rubblestone and clunch dressings; coursed dressed stone with brick quoins to east end, rendered on west end and vestry. Plain tiled roof with Horsham slabs to porch and weatherboarded bellturret with shingled broach spire above to west end. Originally apsed Norman church to which was added a south chancel chapel, C12, since destroyed leaving nave and chancel with aisle and vestry to north and porch to the south. Diagonal buttresses to nave and chancel with Y tracery windows and lancets.
Interior: much patched and altered with stone floors. 2 bay C13 round arched north arcade on circular piers and abaci with double chamfers to arches; central pillar bears stone bracket with carved monster head. 4 framed bays queen post roof to north aisle; 2 bay crownpost roof to nave. C13 chancel arch dying into imposts. South chancelwall contains priests door and remains of south chancel chapel (one stiff leaf capital to east respond). North aisle chapel arch to chancel with hard plaster foliage impost frieze.
Fittings: Rectangular piscina on north chancel wall; oak panelled dado screen across chancel.
Wall paintings: Traces of painting in chancel arch spandrels and in north aisle walls.
Monument: North chancel wall: Dedicated to Elizabeth Legrew, dated 1825. Kneeling profile figure with book under ogee arch, all of white marble and carved by her son: "Legrew Sculpt,1832".
Listing NGR: TQ3358455397
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 287666
- 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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