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St Lawrence Church, Winchester
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Location	Winchester
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade II listed
Administration
Parish	Winchester Saint Lawrence with Saint Swithun-upon-Kingsgate
Benefice	Winchester Saint Bartholomew and Saint Lawrence with Saint Swithun-upon-Kingsgate
Deanery	Winchester
Archdeaconry	Winchester
Diocese	Diocese of Winchester
Province	Province of Canterbury

St Lawrence Church is a parish church in the Church of England in Winchester.

History

The church is just off the High Street, in Winchester, England. It is probably of Norman origin, and is said to have been the chapel of William the Conqueror's palace (built 1069–70, destroyed 1141) with a tower added in the 15th century. The church is now almost wholly surrounded by adjacent buildings. It is recorded as being restored in 1475–7, in 1672 (the present roof dates from this restoration), 1847–8, 1881, and 1979–80.

St Lawrence Church is a Grade II listed building.

Organ

The church contains a two manual pipe organ dating from 1882 by Jones and Son of Fulham which was almost completely replaced by George Osmond in 1966. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

Rectors

The parish of St Lawrence was combined in 1904 with the parish of St Maurice (church demolished in 1957) and in 1973 with the parish of St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate whose church is now a chapel of ease in the parish of St Lawrence with St Swithun, which is in a united benefice with the parish of St Bartholomew, Hyde since 2010.