Church of St Leonard

The Church of St Leonard is a 15th and 16th century church that was restored in 1892. It is constructed of rubble and dressed ironstone with graded slate roofs. The church comprises a nave and chancel under a single roof, a west tower, and a north-west vestry.

The church is a small, simple example of Gothic architecture with an unusual layout. The west tower is narrow and tall, featuring a transverse saddleback roof and low set-back buttresses in the lower stage, with a plain lancet window and small round-headed gable windows. The nave and chancel have buttresses, one of which is dated 1915. A three-light square-headed window is set within a larger, partially blocked opening on the south wall, featuring uncusped lights. The pointed south doorway has worn continuous hollow mouldings. A small two-light square-headed window is present on the north wall. The 19th-century east window consists of three stepped lancets. The vestry, with its hipped roof and mullioned windows, imparts a domestic feel to the north elevation.

Inside, the church has a tall, plain pointed tower arch and a simple queen-post roof. The walls are unplastered, and the floor is stone paved with some 19th-century incised floor slabs. Notable furnishings include a 17th-century communion rail with turned balusters, an 18th-century marble baluster font, and fairly modern stained glass in the south window.

This is a small medieval church associated with a now-vanished settlement. It was restored in 1892 at a cost of £300, funded by Colonel Richard Dalgleish, a dedication to whom is recorded on a plaque within the building. The north-west vestry was added in 1925.

The church is designated at Grade II for being a small, late-medieval building in local materials, featuring a distinctive west tower and interior fittings of interest, including the 17th-century communion rails and 18th-century font.