History of St Lawrence Church
The Anglican church of St Lawrence in the village of Alton, Hampshire is a Grade I listed building. This notable church was built on the site of the 1651 English Civil War “Battle of Alton”.
However, the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Alton dates from around AD 500 and there was most likely a church on this location then.
The building is an amalgamation of styles that, like so many older English churches, resulted from the additions and extensions being made over the centuries. The three distinct styles are early Norman and early English Gothic, as well as variants of Perpendicular and Tudor architecture.
Work carried out at Alton
The work we carried out in 2017 involved stripping the church spire of cedar shingles and replacing them with oak shakes, including close mitered hips and lead soakers. We also fixed lightning conductors around the building.
Whilst working on the roof we provided much needed ventilation by installing 104 new lead lucarnes! In the picture you can see that we have also gilded the weather-vane to create a really nice finish.
Once work on the roof was completed, we commenced work on the ground. A new drainage system was needed, because the current drainage system was failing. By fitting cast iron downpipes and installing a new soak-away system we managed to solve the drainage issues.
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