An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume 4, South east. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1923.
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77. ST. LAWRENCE (NEWLAND). (G.b.)
(O.S. 6 in. (a)lv. S.W. (b)lv. S.E. (c)lxiii. N.W.)
St. Lawrence is a parish on the S. of the Blackwater estuary and 5½ m. N. of Burnham-on-Crouch.
Ecclesiastical
b(1). Parish Church of St. Lawrence was entirely re-built in 1878, but contains from the old church the following:—
Fittings— Piscina: In nave—in N. wall, with moulded jambs and two-centred head, round drain, 14th-century. Plate: includes large pewter flagon with inscription and date 1700.
Condition—Rebuilt.
Secular
c(2). Moynes Farm, house and moat, 1¼ m. S. of the church. The House is of two storeys, timber-framed and weather-boarded; the roofs are tiled. It was built c. 1595, the date on a wooden panel inside the house. The room is panelled to half its height and has a moulded ceiling-beam.
The Moat surrounds the house.
Condition—Of house, fairly good.
b(3). St. Lawrence Hall, 150 yards S.S.E. of the church, has been re-built except for a gabled cross-wing of the 16th or 17th century. It is of two storeys, timber-framed and plastered; the roof is tiled. The upper storey projects at the N. end. Inside the building is an original window with bar-mullions and now blocked.
Condition—Good.
a(4). West Newlands, house, about 1¼ m. S.W. of the church, is of two storeys, timber-framed and plastered and partly weather-boarded; the roofs are tiled. It was built probably in the 17th century, and has an original chimney-stack with three diagonal shafts.
Condition—Good, much altered.