Church of St Laurence, Hilmartin

Heritage listing

Details HILMARTON CHURCH ROAD SU 07 NW (north side) 6/232 Church of St Laurence 20.12.60 GV I Anglican parish church, late C12, C15, with west tower of 1840 by John Shaw Jr, restored 1879-81 by G.E. Street. Ashlar and rubble stone with stone slate roofs and coped gables. West tower, nave, north aisle, south porch, chancel and organ chamber. 1840 west tower is ashlar, 3-stage, with plinth, angle buttresses, dripcourses, cornice with carved bosses and gargoyles, embattled parapet and angle pinnacles. Paired 2-light Perpendicular style pointed bell-openings with hoodmoulds. Second stage has clock faces in crocketed lozenges. West front Tudor door under 3-light west window. South side stair tower. Above west window is inscription band with three shields 'To the glory of God this tower was restored by a layman', continued on south side 'Anno Domini MDCCCXL JS'. Four-window south aisle, rubble with ashlar plinth and plain parapet, 3-light Perpendicular windows with hoodmoulds, buttresses between and at angles. In second bay C19 ashlar embattled porch with crocketed ogee-headed moulded doorway, quatrefoil-panelled seats and c1881 south door, four-centred with fleurons and shafting to moulded door case. Lean-to north aisle has plain parapet, squared rubble stone walls and buttresses between bays. Flat-headed Perpendicular style windows, 2-light to west and to north, a blank bay, a 2-light and small pointed door, a 2-light and a 3-light. An added north east chapel has east end single light. Ashlar chancel has reused 3-light Perpendicular style windows to east, and one each to north and south. South side has 1881 large projecting organ-chamber, ashlar with embattled parapet and flat-headed 3-light south window. Interior: nave has C15 six-bay wagon roof with moulded ribs and bosse

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.