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Towcester Town Hall

Tour of St. Lawrence's Church, Towcester

The West Door


West door  
The West Door
 

The deeply recessed west doorway at the foot of the tower is set within a square headed dripstone and has a fine arch. On each side of the door is a hollow compartment containing a niche. In the moulding of the doorway arch is the squareflower ornament.

Moulding above west door   Moulding above west door   Niche at side of west door  
Detail in door moulding Row of angels in decorative frieze above doorway Niche on either side of door which would have held a statue


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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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