Church Of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1968. Church.

Church Of St Leonard

WRENN ID
old-brick-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stafford
Country
England
Date first listed
15 January 1968
Type
Church
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Leonard is a parish church built in 1794 by William Dudley, with a vestry added in the late 19th or early 20th century. It is constructed from local grey sandstone ashlar, with the chancel made of hand-moulded brick and tiled roofs. Some of the masonry appears to have been reused.

The church has a nave that is lower and narrower than the chancel, a north vestry, a west porch, and a west bellcote. The exterior features three large round-headed windows on the south side of the nave, while the north side is blank with a single buttress. The brick porch includes diagonal buttresses and a 4-centred arch leading to a ribbed door. A simple gabled timber bellcote with louvres on each side is present. The chancel has a round-headed window on the east side, and the vestry has a small-pane casement window with two lights on the north side.

Inside, the church has a plain design with flat plaster ceilings and a plastered round-headed chancel arch. The walls are also plastered, and the floor is tiled, with parquet flooring beneath the benches. Notable fixtures include an alabaster font and lectern from 1933, along with other likely early 20th-century items such as plain benches, a pulpit featuring open Gothic tracery, and a communion rail adorned with a frieze of quatrefoils. The east window and one on the south side were created by William Pearce of Birmingham in the early 20th century, with the east window depicting the Good Shepherd.

In the churchyard, there is a tub font that shows tool marks from the 19th century. The church was constructed in 1794, possibly incorporating older masonry for the nave. The brick porch and chancel have pecked surfaces, indicating they were meant to be rendered. The fittings are primarily from the early 20th century.

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