St Lawrence's Church, Mereworth

stained glass in St Lawrence's Church]] The interior is in a Neoclassical style. Below this is the round-headed window added in 1875. Fixtures include a marble font which is contemporary with the church. There is much stained glass: the oldest, in the form of heraldic emblems in cartouches, dates from 1562 and is visible in the Diocletian window in the east wall and in another window on the southwest side. The east window was erected in memory of Sir Frank Stapleton, rector of Mereworth 1832–74. Other similar glass dates from the 17th and 18th centuries. Another, depicting the Raising of Lazarus, was designed by Frederic Shields for the Heaton, Butler and Bayne firm in 1889. The organ is by…

St Lawrence's is a Palladian-style building by an unknown architect. Colen Campbell worked in a similar style, although he died in 1722, so the design may have been executed by one of his followers. The second-generation Palladian architect Henry Flitcroft has been suggested; James Gibbs has also been suggested, as the spire of St Lawrence's is similar to that of St Martin-in-the-Fields in the City of Westminster, London. Sir Howard Colvin tentatively attributes the church to Roger Morris.