Description

NY 63 SW CULGAITH KIRKLAND

14/94
27.12.67 Church of St Lawrence
G.V.
II

Church, probably dating from C13 but extensively restored in late C19. Nave of
snecked rubble with quoins; cavetto moulding to eaves. Chancel of sandstone
blocks on chamfered plinth; original cavetto moulding to eaves re-used above 2
courses of C19 masonry. Graduated slate roofs; nave has gabled bellcote to west
end and outshut over vestry, chancel has C19 apex cross to east. 2-cell plan
with vestry, built with re-used material, on north side and C19 west porch.
4-bay nave has lancet windows; chancel has 2 original lancets and a 2-light C19
window on the north side with a partly-original priest's door between two
2-light C19 windows on the south side. The jambs of the east window are in part
original but the tracery is C19. Internally, the wide, pointed chancel arch was
extensively re-worked. The C19 roof has crown-posts. The trefoil head of a C13
piscina survives in the south wall of the chancel. C13 effigy of Knight with
linen cap and pleated woollen tunic, sword at waist.

Listing NGR: NY6460832530

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26438058

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Recommended Books

• 
  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House