Church of St Lawrence and All Saints, Steeple (EHER 38710)

A parish church built in around 1882 or 1884 by F. Chancellor, and constructed from random a mix of building materials from the demolished older church of the same name (EHER 12094).

August 1986. Grade II listed. A parish church built in around 1884, and constructed from random septaria, rubble, red and yellow bricks, with red plain tiled roofs. The foundation stone underneath was laid by Susanne Claughton, wife of the Bishop of St Albans, 13 August 1883. It has a 14th century window with quatrefoil in the North wall of the nave and also in the South doorway. There are two 12th century head stops in the West wall of the vestry and piscina. There is an old stained glass in the North window, a 15th century octagonal font and a bell of 1636 by Miles Gray. <1> See photo <2>. Church built in 1882, 600 yards East of the demolished old church (EHER 12094), incorporating much of the old building material. <3> 'The remarkable thing is that the architect, F. Chancellor, who built the church, using materials of the preceding medieval church, has indulged in an orgy of mixing into his brown stone walls brick entirely at random and in all directions.' <4>