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Description: | View of the church from the south churchyard with the nave on the left and the chancel on the right. The caption on the photograph refers to a 'lepers window' on this side of the church.
Pevsner's Buildings of England refers to the church, apart from the south aisle, as a perfect example of a Norman parish church with nave, central tower and straight-headed chancel. The chancel appears to have been built circa 1160 after the church came into the possession of Merton Priory on 2nd Feb 1156. By 1835 the church was derelict and was then restored and reconsecrated in 1851.
The small round-headed windows are Norman period and the larger window with the pointed arch is later thirteenth century. The doorway just visible in the photo with the rounded opening is also Norman period. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Slough Library | Subjects: | Churches ; Church of England St. Laurence's Church ; St. Laurences Church ; | Temporal: | start=1965-01-01; end=1980-01-01; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Reg Harrison | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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