Listed Building: CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE (1086399)

Listing Text: 883/8/169 CASTLE ROAD 30-JUL-51 (Northwest side) FORMER CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE (Formerly listed as: CASTLE ROAD CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE) II A C19 rebuilding but preserving a medieval N doorway in the N face of the tower. Architects unidentified. MATERIALS: Local sandstone rubble and ashlar with freestone dressings. Red clay tile roofs PLAN: Nave, chancel, NW tower-porch, S transeptal projection, probably former vestry (N). EXTERIOR: At the NE corner is a large squat, unbuttressed tower which, on its N face, incorporates a pointed medieval doorway with a moulded arch and a hood-moulded with stops. At the top of the tower are plain single-light lancets. The spire too is squat and is of the chamfer type. The E end has a pair of lancet windows with a circular, cinquefoiled window between and above them. The W window has three lancets grouped under a hood-mould. There is no distinction between the levels of the nave and chancel roofs. On the S side there is a gabled projection with a pair of lancet windows in the S wall. INTERIOR: Not inspected. The interior has been converted into living accommodation. HISTORY: This former church was converted to residential use c1980. SOURCES: Newman, J., The Buildings of England: West Kent and the Weald (1980), 128. REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The former church of St Lawrence, Allington, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * It is a picturesque, small-scale C19 rebuilding of an earlier church and which incorporates a medieval doorway in the N face of the tower. * The site has archaeological potential /sensitivity in terms of the below-ground remains of the medieval church and burials. CASTLE ROAD 1. 5278 ALLINGTON (North-West Side) Church of St Lawrence TQ 75 NW 8/169 30.7.51. C 2. A small cruciform Cl9 church with a Cl+ porch retained from the mediaeval church which it replaced. Above the porch is a low tower with broached shingled spire. Ashlar. Tiled roof. Lancet windows. Listing NGR: TQ7411057051