Monument record LKD 024 - Church of St Lawrence

Church of St Lawrence (S1).
Isolated, some evidence of previous settlement to W and S (LKD 025).
2005: for survey prior to re-roofing, including brief discussion of possibility of former (pre C14) central tower, see (S2).

Two carved stone heads were recorded during monitoring of roof repairs. The style of the figures dates them to the medieval period, probably to the 13th century. The heads had been built into the top of the chancel gable wall as part of its rubble core, probably in 1869 when the church underwent extensive restoration. The evidence of a lower gable and eaves height suggests that the nave walls were raised when the building was re-roofed at this time.
Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2005 (S3).