Church Of St Leonard

The Church of St Leonard is a church of 1766, attributed to William or David Hiorn, with later alterations. A spire replaced the original dome in 1850. The church is constructed of sandstone ashlar with a shallow pitch slate roof and pedimented gable ends. Its plan comprises a west tower, an aisleless nave, and a chancel.

The three-stage west tower features a doorway with a moulded surround flanked by volutes in a square head, containing double doors with six raised and fielded panels, above which is a tripartite lunette. A bulls eye window is set into the south side wall. The bell stage has large openings with Gibbs surrounds rising into broken pediments on pilasters, with large globes at the corners. The octagonal sandstone ashlar spire of 1850 has four pedimented oval lucarnes and blocked tripartite lunettes beneath. Plain bands run between the tower stages, extending to the nave. The south wall of the nave has three window bays with round-headed arches to the leaded lights. The short chancel features a Venetian window at the east end. A window on the north wall of the nave is blocked.

Inside, a marble font from the mid-19th century sits in the porch, featuring a gadrooned basin on a fluted column, with a newel staircase leading to a west gallery and the bell stage. A gallery rests on four wooden piers with moulded capitals, its parapet featuring raised and fielded panels. The original communion rail has balusters in a column-on-vase style with a moulded rail. The oak pulpit has been resited and cut down; it is square with chamfered corners and a shaped lower edge, mounted on a stem, and incorporates inlaid panels, beading, dentils, and fluting. The original, double-sided reading desk has bracketed candelabra and panelled ends, set on a fluted column.

Several monuments are present. A monument to Alice Brome (1698) is reset on the north wall of the nave, constructed of marble with a limestone shield, flanked by volutes, and incorporating a bolection moulded frame with a winged cherub head. Richard Sadler of Holt Hall (1734) is commemorated by a marble wall monument with a segmental pediment. Arthur Miller and Susanne, his wife (mid-18th century), are represented by an open-pedimented white marble monument with black marble brackets. A late 18th-century neo-classical wall monument in the form of an obelisk commemorates Miller Sadler and Frances, his wife, located south of the chancel arch. A model of the 1766 church, showing the original dome and interior, is displayed on a window sill.