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St Lawrence Church

St. Lawrence Church
St. Lawrence Church
Twins
Twins
St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence
The Beatitudes and the brasses
The Beatitudes and the brasses
St. Lawrence Church
St. Lawrence Church

St Lawrence is let to Realise Futures and run as the St Lawrence Cafe. It is open Monday to Saturday and since opening 2008 has proved a popular town-centre venue, warm and welcoming.

The ringing gallery is visible from the nave, the tower holds oldest ring of 5 bells in a christian church. As a young boy, Thomas Wolsey will have known the sound of four of them and we believe that his wealthy and generous uncle Edmund Daundy added a fifth in about 1480, just before Wolsey went off to Oxford to become a Bachelor of Arts at 15. Normally the bells are rung for half an hour at 12.30pm every Wednesday, and on the first Sunday of every month, however loses stonework on the tower led to the suspension of ringing in December 2023.

The stained glass of the east window made in 1853 by Charles Gibbs of London has scenes from the life of Christ.

The tower is currently scaffolded for an extensive programme of stonework repairs that will be conducted from summer 2025 through into 2026, the exact completion date will be dependent on weather conditions throughout the autumn and winter.

Elizabeth Colman's elegant monument
Elizabeth Colman’s elegant monument
St Lawrence Church
St Lawrence Church
The Five bells of St Lawrence Church
The Five bells of St Lawrence Church
The nave windows
The nave windows
Rosette gridiron
Rosette gridiron