St Laurence's Church, Bradford-on-Avon

H. M. Taylor stated some 50 years ago that he believed the main fabric of the walls to their full height belongs to Aldhelm's time, after discussions with Dr Edward Gilbert.

[6] They were the custodians of the body of King Edward the Martyr, Æthelred's half-brother and already regarded as a saint, and it may have served as a mortuary chapel for him for a period,[7] which might help explain why such a small but elaborate building was created.

[6] Although the existing church seems all or almost all Anglo-Saxon, it has clearly been altered in a number of ways, apart from the modern restoration, which included removing the stairs inside and filling in windows.

The pair of angels flying horizontally, in relief at about half life-size, probably flanked a large sculptural group of the Crucifixion, perhaps over the chancel arch.

[9] The arcading on the exterior walls is produced, not by incision (as thought by Jackson and Fletcher),[10] but by setting the massive stone pilaster-strips forward from the wall-face.