Church Of St Catherine

The Church of St Catherine is a Grade I listed building located on Arram Road in Leconfield. The church features a nave that dates back to the 12th century or earlier, with early 13th-century aisles that were raised in the 14th century. The chancel was built in the late 13th century, while the west tower and south porch were added in the 17th century, with a date stone indicating the porch's construction in 1684.

The church is constructed from ashlar, red brick, coursed limestone rubble, and has cast-tile roofs. The west tower has a moulded brick plinth and stone quoins, with a single continuous stage that includes segmental-headed belfry openings fitted with louvres, topped by a crenellated parapet. The south aisle features a moulded plinth and buttresses with offsets, along with three 3-light square-headed windows that have cusped ogee tracery beneath hoodmoulds. The gables are coped and topped with cross finials. The west wall of the south aisle contains the remains of a small segmental-headed pre-Conquest window, which has been blocked. There is also a segmental-headed south door with continuous roll mouldings.

The south porch has a brick plinth and a segmental-headed door with a chamfered arch resting on rubbed brick imposts and square reveals, along with a raised coped gable. The chancel includes two 2-light windows featuring geometrical tracery and a pointed priests' door with continuous mouldings beneath a hoodmould adorned with face-masks. The east window is composed of three stepped lancets, and the gable is coped.

Inside, the church has north and south arcades with double-chamfered pointed arches; the north arcade rests on round abaci, while the south arcade is supported by octagonal abaci and octagonal piers throughout. The double-chamfered pointed chancel arch sits on moulded corbels that have carved faces. An early 17th-century pulpit is positioned on an octagonal pier, featuring blank round-headed arches with fan ornament on either side. The windows in the north aisle and chancel still retain small fragments of 14th- and 15th-century stained glass, with heraldic designs in the chancel and figures in the north aisle.