Restoration of Tower: St Lawrence, Frodsham

The parish church of St. Lawrence, standing on a lofty eminence close to the village of Overton, half a mile from the town, is an edifice of red sandstone in the Norman style of the early part of the 12th century, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave of six bays, aisles, north and south porches and an embattled western tower, containing a clock and 6 bells: the nave and chancel were rebuilt and the tower partially restored in 1882, at a cost of £10,000, under the direction of Messrs. Bodley and Garner, architects, of London, and Mr. Samuel Davies, architect, of Frodsham, to whom was entrusted the restoration of the tower. The church affords 550 sittings. [Kelly's Directory of Cheshire (1896)]