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St Laud's Church Tour - Inside

St Laud's Church
Inside Tour
Select a number on the plan
Key to the colour scheme and numbers1 - Start the tour - Entrance2 - Porch3 - South Aisle4 - War Memorials5 - Font6 - West Window and Nave7 - North Aisle8 - Dais pulpit and Screens9 - Choir Stalls10 - Organ11 - East Window and High Altar12 - Vestry13 - Sedilia and Squint Window14 - South Aisle15 - Exit Church plan
 
Outside Tour

Click here to go to 4 - War Memorials

5 - The Font

Click here to go to 6 - West Window and Nave


Located between the South Aisle and Nave at the western end, the 15th century font at St Lauds is one of this Church's earliest features.

The Font is an octagonal bowl with moulded panels of saints under crocheted ogee arches. Below the main panels there is a ring of alternate faces and flower heads. The stem of the Font is decorated with traceried panels and a raised moulded octagonal base.

The panels that depict the saints have been defaced, perhaps at the time when Oliver Cromwell's soldiers stabled their horses here in the church.

The 'gash' in the eastern side of the font is not the work of a zealous soldier, but probably shows where once a lid was attached to the font. This prevented villagers stealing the baptismal waters which were once valued for their healing properties.



Click here to go to 4 - War Memorials

 

Click here to go to 6 - West Window and Nave

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