St Lawrence Church, Winchester | |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom Winchester Central |
Osgraw: | SU 48105 29464 |
Location: | Winchester |
Country: | England |
Denomination: | Church of England |
Heritage Designation: | Grade II listed |
Parish: | Winchester Saint Lawrence with Saint Swithun-upon-Kingsgate[1] |
Benefice: | Winchester Saint Bartholomew and Saint Lawrence with Saint Swithun-upon-Kingsgate |
Deanery: | Winchester |
Archdeaconry: | Winchester |
Diocese: | Diocese of Winchester |
Province: | Province of Canterbury |
Rector: | Rev'd Karen Kousseff |
Asstpriest: | Rev'd Amanda Goulding |
Curate: | Rev'd Ellie Phipps |
St Lawrence Church is a parish church in the Church of England in Winchester.
The church is just off the High Street, in Winchester, England. It is probably of Norman origin, and is said to have been the chapel of William the Conqueror's palace (built 1069–70, destroyed 1141) with a tower added in the 15th century. The church is now almost wholly surrounded by adjacent buildings. It is recorded as being restored in 1475–7, in 1672 (the present roof dates from this restoration), 1847–8, 1881, and 1979–80.
St Lawrence Church is a Grade II listed building.
The church contains a two manual pipe organ dating from 1882 by Jones and Son of Fulham[2] which was almost completely replaced by George Osmond in 1966. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.
The parish of St Lawrence was combined in 1904 with the parish of St Maurice (church demolished in 1957) and in 1973 with the parish of St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate whose church is now a chapel of ease in the parish of St Lawrence with St Swithun, which is in a united benefice with the parish of St Bartholomew, Hyde since 2010.