Old St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence

Old St Lawrence Church is a ruined building in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building and dates back to the 12th century.[1]

The church is roofless with the exception of the tower

The building was partially demolished in 1775 by Sir Lionel Lyde, 1st Baronet, whose country house was nearby.[2] It was replaced as the village's parish church by new St Lawrence Church, a neoclassical structure which Lyde had built on a nearby site.

Graveyard

Although Lionel Lyde and his wife Rachel are commemorated at the new church,[3] the old churchyard remained in use. Burials include Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan (1865 – 1946), whose maternal grandfather was rector of Ayot St Lawrence. Earl Cavan was a Field marshal and his resting place is registered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Although the Earl was not a casualty in the normal sense of the term, the entry refers to the "memorial to the casualty in the form of a large 7' red granite celtic cross".[4]

References
  1. "Old St Lawrence Church".
  2. "Van Gogh walked here". St Albans & Harpenden Review. 2002-02-04. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  3. "Lyde Mausolea". The Mausolea and Monuments Trust.
  4. He did however die within the years designated by the Commission for the Second World War (3 September 1939 to 31 December 1947). See "Ayot (St Lawrence) Old Churchyard". Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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