The Parish Church of St. Lawrence was built in 1814-16 in Georgian Gothic style. It is adjacent to the Kennet and Avon canal, and the Bath stone for the church was the largest of the early contracts for the canal company after the canal had opened in 1810.
The church is well away from the centre of the town, standing near The Croft which was the centre of the original medieval village of Hungerford before the new planned town was laid out.
The present church replaced an Early English church which fell into disrepair in the early 19th century. Repairs started in 1813 but in the spring of 1814 much of the ancient building started to collapse, and the bold decision was made to build a new church.
Inside the church are many interesting memorials transferred from the old church as well as a set of fine stained-glass windows. The most ancient monument is an effigy of Sir Robert de Hungerford, who died in 1352.
In the corner of the churchyard, adjacent to the old vicarage, is an unusual simple timber stile, a clapper gate, known locally as the tumble stile.
St Lawrence’s church is Grade II* listed.
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