Church Of St Leonard

The Church of St Leonard is a chapel-of-ease dating to 1750, located in Alton, near Bradley-in-the-Moors. The building is constructed of ashlar with herringbone tooling, featuring smooth-faced ashlar dressings, and has a plain tile roof with coped verges. It comprises a west tower, a three-bay nave, and a single-bay chancel.

The west tower has three stages with a bracketed eaves cornice and plain parapet with corner pinnacles. The first stage has a west window with a raised keystone to a semi-circular arch springing from an impost band. The second stage has a rectangular loop to the west and a circular sundial to the south, with a moulded surround. The belfry windows have semi-circular arches and raised surrounds. The nave features semi-circular arch windows with raised surrounds and fluted keys, the arches springing from an impost band. A six-panelled south door has a raised and moulded surround, a fluted keystone, a bracketed cornice hood, and a lunette over with a fluted key. The north side of the nave has a single central window and a lateral external stack towards the east end. The eaves cornice consists of a hollow chamfer below a cyma recta. The chancel's east window has a semi-circular arch, reeded key, and raised surround, with the band continuing on the south side as an impost. A south door has a semi-circular arch, moulded surround, and three-raised keystone, with a lunette over having a moulded surround and raised key. All windows have lead cames.

Internally, the semi-circular chancel arch has a moulded edge and a raised, fluted keystone springing from an impost band with ovolo and cyma reversa mouldings. The tower arch is plain. The nave has a plaster ceiling with boxed beams. A semi-circular rere-arch defines the east window, springing from square moulded capitals. Fittings include an 18th-century stone font with a circular moulded base, a baluster shaft, a round basin with a heavy lip, simple panelled pews, and wainscotting. A hexagonal wooden pulpit features ogee-arched panels. Also present is an 18th-century altar table and reredos; the former has five panels with curved foliage decoration, and the latter has three bays, with fluted pilasters defining a central pedimented aedicule flanked by lower patterned panels. Monuments include several plaques, such as those commemorating William Holmes (died 1757), Thomas Annishaw (died 1791), Thomas Holmes (died 198), and William Holmes (died 1820), the latter capped by an urn.