St Lawrence's, Gotham
St Lawrence's is a fine largely 13th-15th century building sitting in the heart of the picturesque village of Gotham (pronounced Goat-ham, unlike where a certain caped crusader lives!). The older parts of the building include the tower with its broach spire and the nave arcades within (with carved capitals) whilst the clerestorey of the nave is a 15th century addition that lends great dignity to the exterior. The building has benefitted in more recent years from an external rendering of its aisles and chancel to protect the stonework, which lightens up the structure considerably and should hopefully reduce the need for maintenance.
The interior is space and light with mainly plain-glazed windows and some intriguing carvings in the nave. The chancel beyond is home to some interesting wall monuments, most notably the pair on either side to members of the St Andrew family from the early 17th century.
Gotham church is worth seeing if you can get inside as it isn't normally open outside of service times (though there's more chance of that than an encounter with a certain fictional hero who makes the village worth visiting for the name alone! ;-).
Both my visits here were on open days run by the diocese who also sponsored the fine website with individual church entries and summaries below:-
St Lawrence's, Gotham
St Lawrence's is a fine largely 13th-15th century building sitting in the heart of the picturesque village of Gotham (pronounced Goat-ham, unlike where a certain caped crusader lives!). The older parts of the building include the tower with its broach spire and the nave arcades within (with carved capitals) whilst the clerestorey of the nave is a 15th century addition that lends great dignity to the exterior. The building has benefitted in more recent years from an external rendering of its aisles and chancel to protect the stonework, which lightens up the structure considerably and should hopefully reduce the need for maintenance.
The interior is space and light with mainly plain-glazed windows and some intriguing carvings in the nave. The chancel beyond is home to some interesting wall monuments, most notably the pair on either side to members of the St Andrew family from the early 17th century.
Gotham church is worth seeing if you can get inside as it isn't normally open outside of service times (though there's more chance of that than an encounter with a certain fictional hero who makes the village worth visiting for the name alone! ;-).
Both my visits here were on open days run by the diocese who also sponsored the fine website with individual church entries and summaries below:-