Originally this was the front of the vicarage and the front door was where the bottom centre window is now. It is thought that the change was made in Victorian times and a new entrance with a porch was built on to the front.
The Old Vicarage is a Georgian house built in 1805 directly opposite the church. Originally the front door was on the other side of the house but the porch and room above are said to have been added in Victorian times and became the front entrance.
North facing window. Stained glass memorial to Raymond E. Paley Capt. RA born 11th February 1874 died 11th September 1906. The window depicts St Edward the Confessor and Saint George.
North facing memorial window. Stained glass depicts Faith and Hope and is a memorial to Georgina Hyde Paley. Born 15th May 1852 died 19th November 1927.
North facing memorial window in the chancel. The stained glass depicts the Epiphany and is a memorial to William Thomas Freeman of Hidcote Capt. of 4th Reg. of Foot. Born 16th March 1840 died 4th December 1882.Dedicated in his memory by his wife Mary Webb Freeman.
The High Altar stained glass window has recently been attributed to Frederick Preedy a prolific architect and stained glass painter born in Offenham, Worcestershire in 1820. The altar rails are 17th century with communion symbols.
East facing window in the North Aisle of St Lawrence Church. An Armada Chest stands in the foreground. In the window stands a 12th century crucifix dug up from the churchyard which may have been buried for safety during the Reformation.
South facing stained Glass window in chancel. The Fisher family window with their motto 'Vigilet qui Vincet' means 'Let he who overcomes keep watch'. The glass is 17th century Flemish or Northern French.
South door at St Lawrence Church with the sundial above.
Photo taken from the north side.
Photograph of the north side taken from Church Field
This window is the main east window of the church above the high altar.
This shows the church, churchyard and car park from in front of the new cemetery.
Probably taken from the grass bank above the footpath leading to the new cemetery.
St Lawrence's Church viewed from the field adjoining the graveyard.
Church steps to St Lawrence Church
South Door, St Lawrence Church showing sundial.
Large cellar below the sitting-room with areas for storing bottles & dairy produce and hooks in the ceiling for hanging meat and game.
In the walled courtyard behind the old coach house - now a garage - and outside the kitchen, there is a well, which presumably supplied water to the house. There is also a pump, which is no longer working. In 2011, a pair of robins built their nest in vegetation growing on the inner wall of ...
A wood carving of St Lawrence stands above the vestry door.
Carved Jacobean pulpit in the church of St Lawrence. It is recorded that John Wesley preached here on one of his evangelistic journeys.
The North Aisle with the Armada Chest. The East facing window displays armorial designs of the Graves family. The two sided crucifix dates from 1200 A.D. and was dug up near the south door in 1865. It was thought to have been buried during the Reformation.