Site Event/Activity record ECH449 - Church of St Lawrence, Overton ~ MPP Scoring

The Monuments Protection Programme was a comprehensive review and evaluation of England's archaeological resource, designed to collect information to enhance the conservation, management, and public appreciation of the archaeological heritage. One of its principal aims was to identify those monuments and sites whose national importance and conservation needs justify some form of statutory protection (generally scheduling). Scoring Remarks Rare C11th/C12th work. Rest late C12th, with restorations in 1883. The Church of St Lawrence at Overton is Grade I listed. It is the parish church of Frodsham. The present church was built in the late 12th century and was restored in 1883 but there is evidence of a church here since pre-Norman times and it is mentioned in the Domesday Book. It has a red sandstone west tower and inside there are fragments of 11th and 12th century stonework which is rare in Cheshire.