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St Lawrence's Church, Broughton 
St Lawrence's Church, Broughton, from the southLocation in Buckinghamshire
St Lawrence's Church, BroughtonCoordinates: 52°03′08″N 0°41′52″W / 52.0522°N 0.6979°W OS grid reference SP 894 401 Location Broughton, Buckinghamshire Country England Denomination Anglican Website Churches Conservation Trust History Dedication Saint Lawrence Architecture Functional status Redundant Heritage designation Grade I Designated 17 November 1966 Architectural type Church Style Gothic St Lawrence's Church, Broughton, is a redundant Anglican church in Broughton, Buckinghamshire, England. Broughton was historically a village, but has now become a suburb of the new town of Milton Keynes. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building,[1] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] The church stands on the northeast periphery of Milton Keynes, between the A4146 and A5130 roads.[3] It is listed Grade I because of its "remarkable series" of medieval wall paintings.[1]
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History
The church was built in the 14th and 15th centuries. It was restored in the 19th century, when the chancel was rebuilt.[1] In 1849 a series of medieval wall paintings was discovered that had been covered in plaster for 300 years.[2] These were restored in the 1930s by Professor Tristram.[1] The church was vested in the Churches Conservation Trust on 1 August 1987.[4]
Architecture
Exterior
St Lawrence's is constructed in stone, and has lead roofs with plain parapets. Its plan consists of a nave without aisles, a south porch, a chancel, and a west tower. The tower is in three stages with diagonal buttresses and an embattled parapet. On the south side of the church are three three-light windows. To the west of the porch is a 14th-century window with reticulated tracery, and to the east of the porch are two Perpendicular windows. On the north side of the church is a staircase to the rood loft.[1]
Interior
The wall paintings in the nave date from about 1400.[1] On the south wall is a depiction of Saint George and the dragon: Saint George lost his head in the 15th century when the ceiling was lowered. On the north wall there are a doom painting and a Pietà; these are designed as a warning against swearing. There are also paintings of Saint Helena and Saint Eligius.[1][2] The pulpit dates from the late 17th or early 18th century. The memorials include a series of black marble stones under the altar, fragments of brasses from the 14th and 15th centuries, and a 17th-century wall monument. The stained glass in the east and south windows of the chancel by Kempe dates from 1894, and that in a south window in the nave dating from 1864 is by A. Gibbs.[1] The ring consists of four bells, but these are no longer ringable. The oldest two were cast in about 1470 by William Chamberlain; the others were cast in 1622 by James Keene, and in 1655 by Anthony Chandler.[5]
See also
- List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in South East England
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Church of St Lawrence, Broughton", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1332313, retrieved 25 April 2011
- ^ a b c St Lawrence's Church, Broughton, Buckinghamshire, Churches Conservation Trust, http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/St-Lawrences-Church-Broughton-Buckinghamshire/, retrieved 25 April 2011
- ^ Broughton, Streetmap, http://streetmap.co.uk/grid/489275_240159_120, retrieved 25 April 2011
- ^ (PDF) Diocese of Oxford: All Schemes, Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, p. 2, http://www.churchofengland.org/media/810796/oxford%20-%20all%20schemes.pdf, retrieved 25 April 2011
- ^ Milton Keynes, Broughton, S Lawrence, Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers, http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=broughton&Submit=+Go+&page=2&DoveID=MILTONKY08, retrieved 25 April 2011
External links
Categories:- Grade I listed buildings in Buckinghamshire
- Grade I listed churches
- Church of England churches in Buckinghamshire
- English Gothic architecture
- Churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust
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