Parish Church of the Holy Innocents, Lamarsh (EHER 16129)

Restored late 19th to early 20th century parish church with 12th century round west tower and early 14th century chancel. The south porch was added early in 16th century, and the tower was restored in timber and brick in 17th or 18th Century. The church was restored in 19th Century with the tower-arch being rebuilt, the north vestry added, and the east wall rebuilt and extended. The walls are of flint rubble, rendered in cement and with dressings of clunch and the roofs are tiled. Goode states that the tower contains a window that is possibly Saxon, but it is more likely to be Norman.

Monument description derived from merging EHER 16129, 16130, 16131, and 28628. Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Holy Innocents' Church [NAT]. <1> Parish Church of the Holy Innocents stands in the middle of the parish. The walls are of flint-rubble rendered in cement and with dressings of clunch; the roofs are tiled. The west tower is of early 12th century date and the nave may be of the same period but of this there is no actual evidence. The chancel was entirely or partly rebuilt probably early in the 14th century. Early in the 16th century the south porch was added. Part of the tower fell in the 17th or 18th century and was restored in timber and brick. The church was restored in the 19th century when the tower-arch was rebuilt, the north vestry added, and the east wall rebuilt 3ft further east. Grade I. <2> - <4> 1989. Test pitting. A report on test holes dug against the north side of the church. <5> August 1995. Watching brief. A watching brief in 1995 observed the north and west side of the church, the foundations having been exposed to a depth of 0.3 - 0.4m. Only very shallow foundations were visible, a mixture of lime mortar, flint and soil. A layer of flint was visible beneath the base of the plaster above a thin layer of darker soil containing fragments of peg tile. <6> See also: <7> <8>