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Parish Church of St Laurence

A Grade II* Listed Building in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7351 / 51°44'6"N

Longitude: -0.0389 / 0°2'19"W

OS Eastings: 535520

OS Northings: 205865

OS Grid: TL355058

Mapcode National: GBR KCK.30Z

Mapcode Global: VHGPW.8NT6

Plus Code: 9C3XPXP6+2F

Entry Name: Parish Church of St Laurence

Listing Date: 13 April 1961

Last Amended: 8 November 1983

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1173566

English Heritage Legacy ID: 157396

ID on this website: 101173566

Location: St Laurence's Church, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, EN10

County: Hertfordshire

District: Broxbourne

Electoral Ward/Division: Wormley and Turnford

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Traditional County: Hertfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hertfordshire

Church of England Parish: Broxbourne with Wormley

Church of England Diocese: St.Albans

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This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 17 September 2021 to remove superfluous amendment details, update the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards

TL 30NE
3/18

HODDESDON
Wormley
CHURCH LANE (south west side)
Parish Church of St Laurence

(Formerly listed as Church of Saint Laurence under Wormley)

13.4.61

II*

C12 nave with Norman door and window and C15 windows. Restored chancel, 1843-4. South aisle and porch added 1862 by J Clarke. Roughcast, stone dressings, flint and stone dressings on south. Machine tile roof. Norman door has two roll-moulded arches and scalloped capitals. C15 windows have cusped arches and hood moulds. Lancet windows to chancel, triplet on east end. Nave interior with stilted arches on paired columns and C15 tie beam. Saxon or early Norman circular font with frieze of upright leaves, and cable mouldings forming panels. Jacobean hexagonal oak pulpit with term figures. Choir has 1617 wall monument to William Purvey on south side, in alabaster with carved angels and putti. Painting ascribed to Palma vecchio presented 1797 on east wall. Modern weatherboarded bell-cote on west end. (Pevsner (1977) ).

Listing NGR: TL3552305866

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