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Aylesby, St Lawrence
Aylesby, St Lawrence
Aylesby, St Lawrence

St Lawrence's church, Aylesby, has a Perpendicular tower with Early English nave arcades & chancel though much restoration took place in 1857.

The box pews were made by James Harrison of Middle Rasen in 1759.

Mark Acton, 2015
Aylesby, St Lawrence, James Harrison
Aylesby, St Lawrence
Aylesby, St Lawrence
Aylesby, St Lawrence

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states :-

"The church of St. Lawrence is a building of stone in the Early English, Late Decorated and Perpendicular styles, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower, with four pinnacles, containing 3 bells and a sanctus bell :

the nave and aisles were new roofed and the tower repaired in 1857 under the direction of Messrs. Maughan and Fowler, at a cost of £420:

below the west window of the north aisle is the effigy in stone of a lady of the 14th century:

there are 92 sittings"

DB 7 March 2020

Aylesby, Saint Lawrence, Church
Aylesby, St Lawrence
Aylesby, St Lawrence
Aylesby, St Lawrence

White's Directory of Lincolnshire 1856 states :-

"T. T. Drake, Esq., is lord of the manor, owner of most of the soil, impropriator, and patron of the Church (St. Lawrence), which is a perpetual curacy, now valued at £73, and enjoyed by the Rev. John T. Drake, of Amersham, Bucks, for whom the Rev. A. Creighton, of Grimsby, officiates"

DB 7 March 2020

Aylesby, Saint Lawrence, Church
Aylesby, St Lawrence
Aylesby, St Lawrence
Aylesby, St Lawrence

"Parish church. C13 chancel and nave arcades; C14 south aisle, C16-C17 tower. Re-seated in 1759. C19 restorations included new aisle and chancel windows, re-roofing. Tower restored 1939"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1161566 

DB 7 March 2020

Aylesby, Saint Lawrence, Church
Aylesby, St Lawrence, Porch
Aylesby, St Lawrence, Porch
Aylesby, St Lawrence, Porch

"South porch: diagonal buttresses with offsets, pointed chamfered outer arch with small trefoiled ogee niche above, coped gable with damaged cross finial; square-headed 2-light traceried side windows"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1161566 

DB 7 March 2020

Aylesby, Saint Lawrence, Church, porch
Aylesby, St Lawrence, Porch
Aylesby, St Lawrence, Porch
Aylesby, St Lawrence, Porch

"late C14 pointed chamfered inner arch with hoodmould and large headstops"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1161566 

DB 7 March 2020

Aylesby, Saint Lawrence, Church, porch, door
Aylesby, St Lawrence, Tower, Gargoyle
Aylesby, St Lawrence, Tower, Gargoyle
Aylesby, St Lawrence, Tower, Gargoyle

Large angle gargoyles.

DB 7 March 2020

Aylesby, Saint Lawrence, Church, Gargoyle