St Laurence's Church, Chorley

St Laurence's Church is in Union Street, Chorley, Lancashire, England.

A letter dated 1442 refers to a reliquary owned by the church which is said to contain bones of Saint Laurence.

A major rebuilding of the church took place in 1859–61, when among other changes, the galleries were removed, and aisles were added.

Hartwell and Pevsner in the Buildings of England series say it was Charles Verelst (formerly Reed) of Liverpool,[4] but Price attributes the work to the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley.

The tower is in three stages, with diagonal buttresses, and a battlemented parapet with gargoyles.

The north aisle has a five-light window, a doorway, and one canted bay.

The Standish pew dates from the early 17th century; Hartwell and Pevsner describe it as "the best example of its type in North Lancashire".

[4] The organ was built in 1860 by Forster and Andrews, and rebuilt in 1953 by Rushworth and Dreaper.