Building record M537 - Church of St Lawrence, Gotham

Summary

CHURCH (Medieval to Late 20th Century)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 53632 30083 (33m by 22m)
Map sheet SK53SW
District Rushcliffe
Civil Parish Gotham, Rushcliffe

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Parish church. 13th-15th century, restored 1789, repaired 1869. Dressed coursed rubble, and ashlar, red brick and render. Slate roofs, the nave being hipped. Parapets and coped gables with single ridge finial to the east chancel. Single stack to the west wall of the north aisle. Buttressed apart from the tower. Tower with spire, nave, aisles, south porch, north porch now vestry, and chancel. (4)
W tower of the C13, unbuttressed, with a thin corbel table [and] spire. The steeple was actually rebuilt in the later C18. The chancel was also rebuilt (inscriptions 1789) and the aisles (like the chancel) faced with stucco. Clerestory with … C13 three-light windows. The nave and S aisle are of c.1200. N arcade C14 on octagonal piers. Monument [to] John St Andrew d. 1625. (1)
Early English. Most sadly pulled about by amateurs in architecture. (2)
The chancel was entirely rebuilt about 150 years ago [c.1775]. Part of the tower and spire … was taken down at the end of last century, and rebuilt. Two bays of the S pier arcade, in the Norman Transitional style of architecture, are the most ancient portion … remaining. [The] clerestory windows … were added early in the 15th century. (3)


Listed Buildings Slides, 9 slides (Photograph). SNT2648.

OS, 1973, 1:10000 1973 (Map). SNT995.

<1> Pevsner N, 1979, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed., p 133 (Monograph). SNT4.

<2> Thoroton Society, 1899, TTS, p 37 (Published document). SNT327.

<3> Thoroton Society, 1924, TTS, p 27-8 (Published document). SNT1521.

<4> Historic England, 2021, National Record of Historic Environment (Digital archive). SNT5271.

<5> DOE, 1986, Dist of Rushcliffe (Listed Buildings), Notts 12-10-87 19-20 (Published document). SNT6210.

Sources/Archives (7)

  • --- Photograph: Listed Buildings Slides. 9 slides.
  • --- Map: OS. 1973. 1:10000 1973.
  • <1> Monograph: Pevsner N. 1979. The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed.. Penguin. p 133.
  • <2> Published document: Thoroton Society. 1899. TTS. 3. p 37.
  • <3> Published document: Thoroton Society. 1924. TTS. 28. p 27-8.
  • <4> Digital archive: Historic England. 2021. National Record of Historic Environment.
  • <5> Published document: DOE. 1986. Dist of Rushcliffe (Listed Buildings). 24. Notts 12-10-87 19-20.

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Record last edited

Aug 17 2026 11:17AM

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