Bradford-On-Avon

A parish in Wiltshire, England, that is the site of a monastery that existed in the late 7th century and the Saxon Church of St. Lawrence, dated in the early 8th century and discovered and carefully restored in 1856. St. Lawrence Church is possibly the finest and best-preserved Anglo-Saxon church in England.

St Lawrence Church in Bradford-on-Avon in Somerset, is possibly the finest and best-preserved Aanglo-saxon church in England. The church is a small chapel, with a tall nave and chancel flanked by two side-porticos. There is some controversy as to its date, but it is likely that the major part of the present building is the one that St Aidhelm founded in the early 8th century. The interior is enhanced by two 10th-century angels in Winchester style carved over the chancel arch, by the perfect examples of double-splayed windows, and the decorated stone altar. The exterior walls of the nave and chancel are embellished by an unusual form of arcading which stands out in relief from the ashlar walls.