St Lawrence's Church on the high street and on the corner of Augustus Close has remained a Brentford landmark despite more than 50 years of lying empty and being ravaged by time and overgrowth.

It seems it has watched on as the town changed from pre-war to post-war and will now itself succumb to yet more changes during the next few years.

A church has been on the site of Brentford's former parish church of Saint Lawrence since the 12th century.

The tower dates from the 15th century, and the remainder of the church was rebuilt in 1764 from brick.

It featured a number of monuments including one dedicated to a Maurice de Berkeley, dating from 1189, who was buried in the original church.

The church was closed in 1961 and the monuments removed, as the parish was united with Saint Paul's.

The church has been in a derelict state for more than half a century but the graveyard still holds the Ronalds vault where Hugh Ronalds and numerous members of his family are buried.

Ronalds was an esteemed nurseryman and horticulturalist in Brentford, who published Pyrus Malus Brentfordiensis: or, a Concise Description of Selected Apples (1831).

His plants were some of the first European species to be shipped to Australia when the British colony was founded.

Ballymore, who are redeveloping Brentford High Street with apartments, cafés, retail and leisure facilities.