The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain & Ireland
St Lawrence and All Saints (now)
Parish church
Steeple is a small village in the N part of the Dengie peninsula, in the Maldon district of Essex, some 6 miles SE of Maldon. It consists of little more than a few houses and the church in a group on the road from Maylandsea to Bradwell-on-Sea. The church, on the N side of this road, was originally sited 600 yards further W near Steeple Hall. This new church was built in 1881-83 by Chancellor, re-using some material from the old church, notably in the outer walls which are a crazy mixture of stone rubble, bricks and tile. The present building has a long single nave and chancel with a S porch. Over the W gable is a short bell turret with a tall, pointed pyramid roof. This is supported on the interior by a two-bay arcade that crosses the nave near the W end and cuts off a space for the font and the organ. The chancel has a N vestry. The only Romanesque feature here is a pillar piscina.