Church of St Lawrence Ludlow, England
Listed Building Data
Church of St Lawrence has been designated a Grade I listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1202794
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- I
- Date Listed
- 15 April 1954
- Name
- CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE AND ATTACHED RAILINGS
- Location
- CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, CHURCHYARD
- Parish
- Ludlow
- District
- Shropshire
- Grid Reference
- SO 51160 74712
- Easting
- 351160.3050
- Northing
- 274711.8008
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
LUDLOW
SO5174 CHURCHYARD 825-1/1/222 Church of St Lawrence and attached 15/04/54 railings
GV I
Parish Church. Mainly C15, with C13 and C14 fragments. Restored by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, and Sir A Blomfield. Ashlar sandstone; coursed rubble; lead roof. Nave and aisles, transept, chancel, chancel chapels and north vestry. C13 south doorway; C14 hexagonal south porch, north aisle and north and south transepts; C15 features include the nave and arcade, with clerestory and rich timber roof; chancel, transepts and crossing; crossing tower. INTERIOR: c1447 stalls, altered C19, with fine misericords; rood screen; stained glass, much restored; monuments to Sir Robert Townshend 1581 and wife, Edmund Walter 1592 and wife, Edward Woties 1635, Ambrosia Sydney 1580, Theophilus Salway 1760, Sir John Brydgeman 1637 and wife, Dame Mary Eure 1612 and husband 1616. The largest parish church in Shropshire, 203ft long with tower 135ft tall. (Cranage DHS: An Architectural Account of the Churches of Shropshire: 1895-: PP.105-140).
Listing NGR: SO5116074705
