Parish Church of St Laurence
PARISH CHURCH OF ST LAURENCE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1323317
- Date first listed:
- 20-Nov-1959
- List Entry Name:
- Parish Church of St Laurence
- Statutory Address:
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST LAURENCE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1323317
- Date first listed:
- 20-Nov-1959
- List Entry Name:
- Parish Church of St Laurence
- Statutory Address 1:
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST LAURENCE
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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:
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST LAURENCE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle
- National Grid Reference:
- SY 80534 93710
Details
SY 8093 11/8 AFFPUDDLE AFFPUDDLE 20.11.59 (North Side)
Parish Church of St Laurence
I
Parish Church. C13 origin, enlarged C15 and restored C19. Walls a mixture of stone and flint, plastered internally. Slate roofs - stone slates on porch. Nave of three bays, chancel, north aisle, west tower, south porch. Nave and chancel C13, porch C14, aisle and tower C15. Chancel part rebuilt c1400 and in C19. Tower of three stages with stone and flint chequer pattern walling. Parapet with buttreses and pinnacles. Square angle stair turret carried above main parapet level. Most windows C15 - square-headed with ogee tracery. Good C13 south door with cusped arch and carving in spandrils - carved heads as dripstones. Internally, all roof timbers renewed in C19. Good C15 north arcade. C13 font, now in north aisle. Early C16 carved oak pulpit and bench ends. Screen in aisle made up from fragments of former medieval rood screen. Good C18 monument on north wall of chancel.
Listing NGR: SY8053493711
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 108460
- 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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