Church of St Leonard is a Grade II* listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1959. A C11 Church.
Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- watchful-pier-violet
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1959
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Leonard, Hatfield and Newhampton
- OS grid reference
- SO 585 593
- Coordinates
- 52.2311, -2.60779
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Leonard is a parish church with a core dating back to the 11th century. The chancel was rebuilt in the 14th century, the nave extended in the 18th century, and the east part of the nave was rebuilt in 1723. It was restored in 1878 and 1903, when a bell turret was added. The church is built of sandstone rubble with dressings of the same material, featuring tiled roofs and weatherboard cladding on the late 19th or early 20th century bell turret.
The church consists of a nave with a west porch and bell tower, and a chancel. The north side of the nave has one restored square-headed window with two trefoil-headed lights to the left, and two similar windows to the right of a blocked 11th-century north doorway. The doorway has plain jambs with a square head formed by a heavy lintel of three joggled stones, above a semi-circular arch with a trellis-decorated tympanum. A section of herringbone masonry is located to the east of the doorway. The south side of the nave has three similar square-headed windows, each with two trefoil-headed lights. The west porch may retain some 14th-century timberwork with curved braces forming a pointed arch at the outer entrance; a 19th-century doorway is present on the west side. The chancel has a restored square-headed window with two trefoil-headed lights to the north, and a possible 14th-century window to the south. A three-light window is located at the east end, also of 19th-century origin.
The western part of the nave has been partitioned off with the addition of a gallery, a vestry, and a lobby with a staircase below. Four chamfered posts in the lobby, which may be of medieval origin, are visible within the bell turret. The chancel arch is two-centred, possibly dating back to the 13th century, and is a plain, continuous order.
Inside, a late 11th-century font is present, featuring a tub-shaped bowl with no ornamentation. Several memorial tablets are located in the chancel, including those for Sara Colles (1672-3), Timothy Colles (1669), and John Colles (1641). Sara Colles' memorial is an oval inscription panel framed by bay-leaf wreaths and flanked by twisted Corinthian columns with an entablature and broken pediment bearing an achievement of arms. The Timothy Colles memorial is similarly designed, with a rectangular inscription panel, Corinthian columns, entablature, and achievement of arms. John Colles' memorial features Ionic columns and a broken pediment with an achievement of arms.
Local climate
Church of St Leonard receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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