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Towcester Town Hall

Tour of St. Lawrence's Church, Towcester

Roman Flooring


Areas of Roman herringbone brick flooring [opus spicatum] remain and a section of herringbone flooring can still be seen from the outside boiler house staircase, to the east of the south porch. The bricks 12cm x 8cm x 4cm are set edgeways in pink Roman cement. The first south wall of the church sits on this flooring, which was discovered when the Victorian heating system was installed.

Image of roman flooring   Image of Victorian boiler  
Roman Flooring [opus spicatum] Victorian coke-fired boiler which was used to heat church via an under floor system


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This page is from the Towcester and District Local History Society website.
Acknowledgements and a full list of sources and references can be found [here].
The section was last updated on 4th May 2007

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