The Church Of St Leonard

SJ 76SW WARMINGHAM C.P. WARMINGHAM ROAD

2/17 The Church of St. Leonard 12.1.1967

GV II*

Parish church, formerly timber framed, west tower 1715, present church 1870 by Hussey. Tower of bricks, church of red sandstone squared rubble with slate roof. 4 bay nave and narrower less lofty 1 bay chancel in Perpendicular style,Cruciform plan. Tower of small bluish bricks in Flemish Bond with high stone plinth, quoins and coved bands dividing it into four sections. The tower windows were replaced 1899 and are now gothic revival based substantially on "Y" tracery. There are clock faces north and south with bullseye west and louvred openings at bell stage. Moulded cornice, crenellated parapet and crocketted pinnacles. Gothic opening to north entrance porch flanked by single shafts with drip mould above, quatrefoil openings to side and Perpendicular entrance to nave. Chancel and nave windows Perpendicular style with stained glass in chancel. Corner clasping and inter-window buttresses, crenellated nave parapet.

Interior: The transepts hardly develop being only one bench width. Choir stalls with poppyheads in chancel flanked by carved-screens separating small altar north and organ chamber south. Side aisles formed by gothic arcade with octagonal columns. C16 carved oak font cover. Nave has arched collar trusses with hammer beams and corbels carved is faces, the ends of four hammer beams also have faces. Chancel has arched collar trusses straight off corbels.

Listing NGR: SJ7090261074