List entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE
List entry Number: 1332313
Location
CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE, LONDON ROAD
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| Milton Keynes | Unitary Authority | Broughton |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: I
Date first listed: 17-Nov-1966
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 45814
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List entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
SP 84 SW BROUGHTON LONDON ROAD
2/27 Church of St. Lawrence
17.11.66 I
Parish Church. C14 and 15 restored C19. Stone, lead roofs with
plain parapets. Embattled W. tower of 3 stages with diagonal
buttresses. Unaisled nave, S. porch; 3 windows, that to W. of
porch C14 with reticulated tracery, 2 on the E. Perp. style. S.
doorway has old door with original iron work. Chancel rebuilt
C19. Roodloft staircase to N. of chancel arch. Interior: pulpit
late C17 or early C18. Monuments under the altar a series of
black marble stones to the Chester family; on the S. wall are some
fragments of brasses to the de Broughton family C14-15, and on the N.
wall a C17 monument to Thomas Duncombe, a panel surrounded by an eared
architrave and broken segmental pediment. Wall Paintings in the nave,
c1400, a remarkable series, restored by Prof. Tristram 1930's.
On the S. wall,large St. George and Dragon, N. wall has a Doom and a
Pieta designedas a sermon against swearing. Stained glass. Chancel E.
and S. windows 1894 by Kempe. A nave S. window 1864 by A. Gibbs.
(Graded I for wall paintings).
Listing NGR: SP8937740108
Selected Sources
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National Grid Reference: SP 89382 40109
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