Church Of St Leonard

The Church of St Leonard is a parish church that dates from the early to late 12th century, with additions from the 14th and 15th centuries, and was restored in 1873. The building is constructed of squared chalk and greenstone coursed rubble, with some areas patched in red brick, and features a concrete tiled roof. It consists of a nave and chancel.

The west end is made of greenstone and has a rebuilt brick gable, which includes a 19th-century two-light window and a pointed bell opening. The north door, which is blocked, dates from the late 12th century and has a simply chamfered pointed arch with imposts. There is also a two-light 19th-century window on this side. The north wall of the chancel features a single 19th-century trefoil-headed light. The east end is made of chalk ashlar and has a three-light window from the 15th century, which has been partly recut in the 19th century. The south side is blank in greenstone, while the south wall of the nave has a two-light 19th-century window with cusped ogee heads, set within an earlier round-headed opening. The south door, dating from the 14th century, has a chamfered ogee head with a hacked back hood.

Inside, there is a round-headed chancel arch with chamfered imposts and reveals. The chancel contains a pointed facetted piscina and a 14th-century niche with a moulded and brattished canopy that holds a 19th-century statue of St. Leonard. The church also features a 14th-century octagonal font with curvilinear tracery on its panels.

In the chancel, there are five 15th-century limestone slabs with margin inscriptions, one of which includes a shield and another a chalice. On the south side, there is an alabaster wall plaque dedicated to Sir Charles Bolle, who died in 1590, featuring a jewelled surround, shields, a scrolled base, and an armorial escutcheon above. On the north wall, a large wall monument commemorates Sir John Bolle, who died in 1606, depicting him and his wife kneeling opposite each other with their sons and daughters beneath scrolled semi-circular arches, all on a bracketed base adorned with paterae and scroll work. The monument is topped with a moulded cornice that supports three armorial escutcheons.