St-Laurence-in-Thanet, St Lawrence, Ramsgate, Kent

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Location

(51°20′14″N, 1°24′4″E)

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Site Location

Ramsgate

National Grid Reference

TR370653

Boundaries

pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Kent
now Kent

Diocese

medieval Canterbury
now Canterbury

Dedication

now St Laurence

Type of building/monument

Parish church

Report authors

Toby Huitson

Photographers

Mary Berg

Visit Date

21 July 2012

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Description

St Lawrence is a village in Thanet in the district of Ramsgate. The church of St Laurence has a nave with aisles, a central tower with a transepts, and a chancel with side chapels, together with two porches. Only the central tower (heightened in the later medieval period) has relevant Romanesque sculpture.

History

The church was founded in 1062 and in 1128 appropriated to the monastery of St. Augustine of Canterbury.

Features

Exterior Features

Exterior Decoration

Bibliography

S. Glynne, The Churches of Kent, London 1877, 37-8.