.

The misericords and history of Alton,

St Lawrence.

St Lawrence, Alton has seven, 14th century misericords.

All of St Lawrence’s misericords are simple corbels rising from multi-moulded base.

Please click on the thumbnails for larger images.

History of St Lawrence’s, Alton, Hampshire.

The earliest parts of St Lawrence’s church date from about 1070.  The church was extended in the 13th century, towards what is now the Lady chapel, and again in the 15th century, when it’s size was nearly doubled.

It is peculiar, therefore, that halfway between these two later building phased the misericords were installed.  Was this the result of a bequest? Did the church become collegiate, only to lose its college later?

The Official St Lawrence, Alton website.

Click here for more local Misericords

Click here for more 15th century misericords

RSS feed for Automated updates of the regular upgrades to misericords.co.uk

Top of Page