Church of All Saints, Laughton

Heritage listing

Details SK 89 NW LAUGHTON CHURCH ROAD 4/23 Church of All Saints 16.12.64 G.V. I Parish Church. C12, C13, C14, C15, C16, with 1894 restoration and chancel rebuilding of 1894 by Bodley and Garner. Coursed limestone rubble, ashlar and lead roofs. Western tower, nave, north and south aisles, chancel, south porch and vestry. The C14 3 stage tower has a plinth, 2 moulded string courses and embattled parapet with angle and mid wall pinnacles with grotesque water chutes beneath; there are corner buttresses to 1st stage only. The pointed west door is in a moulded surround with hood mould and human head stops. To 1st floor is a C16 3 light window with concave moulded reveal and hood mould. Above this is a plain narrow light and an open face clock to 2nd stage. The belfry stage has 2 light cusped ogee headed, louvred openings with chamfered reveals, hood mould, and human head stops to each face of the tower. The north side has the stair tower in the north east angle. The north aisle has a C15 3 light window flanked by single 2 light windows with ogee heads and flat hood moulds over. The clerestorey has 3 paired lights also with flat hood moulds. The C19 vestry has a parapet, a 4 light window and a pointed doorway. In the north wall of the chancel is a 3 light C13 geometric window moved from the east end in the restoration. The east end of the chancel is blank except for an empty ogee headed niche flanked by single shields containing the sacred nomogram. The south side of the chancel is in ashlar with 3 bays, divided by buttresses, containing 3 light C19 curvilinear windows with unusual surrounds with fleurons. Beneath the windows is a priest's door. The C15 east window of the south aisle has 3 lights with trefoil heads and 2 tiers of paired mouchettes with flat hood mould and huma

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.