St Lawrence, Stratford-sub-Castle

It stands close to the abandoned settlement of Old Sarum and the River Avon, and is about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Salisbury Cathedral.

[2] The west tower was erected in the 13th or 14th century and rebuilt in 1711 by Thomas Pitt, a wealthy merchant who had bought Old Sarum manor.

[8] The interior is called "attractive" by Julian Orbach in his update of Nikolaus Pevsner's Buildings of England volume.

The wagon roofs of the nave and chancel are from the later 16th century, and have carved wooden heads at the bosses and various busts at the corbels.

[5] Orbach considers the chancel screen to be perhaps an assemblage made as part of the 1711 work, with a round-headed arch of that period inserted into a structure from the 15th or 16th century.

Also of c.1711 is the full-height panelling above the altar, which Orbach calls "remarkable" and "good enough for a City of London church".

The window is flanked by Commandment panels, and the reredos has fine foliage carving, pilasters and a broken pediment.

[16] Today, there is a united benefice named 'Salisbury St Francis and Stratford sub Castle', although the two parishes remain distinct.