We all know what Brentford's historic St Lawrence's Church looks like from the outside.

The structure is believed to be the town's oldest building.

But Brentford Nub News has obtained rare pictures of the inside of the church courtesy of community group Brentford Voice.

The pictures were taken in 2012.

Permission was granted by the planning committee, on February 11, for St Lawrence's Church, on Brentford High Street, to be developed by Ballymore for various retail and business purposes, such as for a restaurant, pub or even nursery.

The site, which has not been used since the 1960s, has seen the old vicarage - recently used as a refuge - demolished in the last week to make way for a three-floor gym with a spa treatment room, hot and cold plunge pools and an outdoor swimming pool.

The seven-storey building also planned for 'Plot A' of the Brentford Waterside project, will create 18 two-bedroom homes.

The church 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.