File:St Laurence's Church, Alvechurch seen from Crown Meadow (24269698743).jpg

A view of St Laurence's Church in Alvechurch, Worcestershire from Crown Meadow.

When I was getting close up photos of the church, it started to rain.

I found several distant views of the church. As you can see it towers over the village on a hill.

It is the parish church of Alvechurch.

Grade II* listed.

<a href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-156063-church-of-st-laurence-alvechurch-worcest#.VriuwtBy3dQ" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Church of St Laurence, Alvechurch</a>

   SP 02 72 ALVECHURCH CP BEAR HILL (south side)

   15/10 Church of St Laurence
   16.11.67

   GV II*

   Parish church. Fragments of C12, C14 north aisle, tower of 1676 built by
   the Richards brothers, rest rebuilt by William Butterfield, 1859-1861.
   Sandstone ashlar with machine-tile roof. West tower 1676, north aisle C14,
   nave, south aisle and chancel 1859-1861. West tower: incorporates some
   C15 features, rebuilt 1676, three stages, each offset. C17 balustrade with
   crocketed pinnacles, diagonal buttresses: west wall: second stage has a
   window of trefoiled lights under 2-centred head; first stage: square-headed
   window with chamfered reveals, below clock and a datestone inscribed:
   "Samuell Richards and / Thomas Richards 1676" over a pair of addorsed
   dragons; ground stage: window of three cinquefoiled lights under 2-centred
   head with label over an entrance with 2-centred arch. Nave: 1859-1861, four
   bays with (from left to right) clerestorey windows: cinquefoil lancet, a
   pair of similar lancets, a pair of trefoiled lancets, and a similar pair with
   quatrefoil above; south aisle: 1858-1861, lean-to roof, five bays, left-hand
   bay has timber-frame south porch to re-set restored C12 door which has a roll
   moulding to semi-circular head, a billeted label, and respond shafts with
   capitals; other bays mostly have paired trefoil lancets, each with a re-set
   C12 or C14 corbel above; east window has two trefoiled lights under a 2-centred
   head; north aisle: C14, altered C15, gabled roof; three bays defined by stepped
   buttresses, each bay with two windows of two trefoiled lights under 2-centred
   head; east window has reticulated tracery under a 2-centred head, and had
   five lights obscured by lean-to C19 vestry. Chancel: 1859-61, three bays,
   that to left covered by south aisle, trefoiled lancets to each bay; east
   window: three stepped trefoiled lancets. Interior: nave: north arcade of
   three bays with 2-centred arches and circular plan piers, south arcade of
   four bays wth 2-centred arches and slender columns, respectively Norman and
   Early English in style, but all C19; tower arch: 2-centred of two continuous
   orders; chancel: arcade to aisles on each side of two bays with 2-centred
   arches and slender columns. Re-set head of a C14 sedilia in south wall of
   chancel; north aisle; early C15 tomb recess behind organ has an ogee cinque-
   foiled arch, crocketed and terminating in a carved finial; effigy in recess
   is a recumbent stone knight. Roofs: nave: seven bays: arch-braced collars,
   south aisle: lean-to roof; chancel: two bays, cusped arch-braces to collar;
   north aisle: common rafter roof with scissor-braces. Fittings: mostly C19
   by Butterfield; the low chancel screen is made up from probably C15 woodwork,
   including a frieze with trailing foliage, all painted. North aisle: wall
   tablet to Edward Moore, died 1746, with Corinthian pilasters; brass mounted on
   wall to Philip Chatwyn, died 1542; chancel: tomb slab bearing a cross flory,
   chalice and the arms of John Carpenter, Bishop of Worcester (1443-76).
   (VCH 3, pp 255-256; BoE, pp 68-70 Hereford & Worcester Record Office,
   Probate records 3585/767).

   Listing NGR: SP0266472445

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Source: English Heritage