Tower of St Mary & St Lawrence
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Tower of St Mary & St Lawrence
Image: © Tiger Taken: 20 Jun 2020
The church tower was originally Norman, dating from the late 11th century, but was later strengthened with brick buttresses and heightened to accommodate a belfry in 1684 according to one authority. There are now eight bells, cast between 1336 and 1796. The upper half, housing the clock and bells, was rebuilt in 1892 by Alfred Young Nutt who was Clerk of Works at Windsor Castle. He added the battlements and the stair turret which is a feature found elsewhere in Essex such as at Ashen in Image The Gothic inscription, divided into two by the small west window and the elaborate cusp of the ogival arch, reads "Gloria in altissimis Deo : in terra pax hominibus bone voluntatis". The church is listed Grade I https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101122058-church-of-ss-mary-and-laurence-great-waltham Essex Churches http://www.simonknott.co.uk/essexchurches/gwaltham.htm
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Image Location
Latitude
51.793919
Longitude
0.456893