Church Of St Leonard

The Church of St. Leonard is a parish church that was rebuilt in 1794, with the chancel added in 1866 and the tower constructed between 1891 and 1901 by W. Scorer, later enlarged in 1924. The building features ashlar stonework, along with some red and yellow brick, and has slate and plain tiled roofs.

The church includes a western tower, nave, chancel, and a south porch. The tower is two stages high, topped with an embattled parapet and a pyramidal roof, and has louvred bell openings on the sides. The west wall features a two-light window with cusped tracery and a similar belfry opening above it. The north wall has another two-light window, along with two semi-circular windows from 1794 that have key and impost blocks. The nave has a brick dentillated eaves course.

The vestry, built of yellow brick in 1891, has a gabled roof, a two-light traceried window, and a plain chamfered doorway facing east. The ashlar chancel includes a single lancet window on the north side, two lancets on the south, and a five-light panel traceried window in the east wall. The south wall of the nave has two two-light windows with 19th-century flowing tracery. The gabled south porch features a chamfered outer doorway with a moulded hood and a matching inner door, along with an additional two-light window from the 19th century.

Inside, there is a single chamfered tower arch and a semi-circular chancel arch. The chancel has a semi-circular opening leading to the vestry. The nave roof is supported by a king post with struts, which may have been reused. Additionally, there is a 19th-century circular ashlar font and a panelled pulpit. The church was originally rebuilt after flooding in 1572 and again in 1794 by Churchwarden Robert Empingham, using the former foundations.