Church Of St Leonard is a Grade II* listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1967. A Victorian Church.

Church Of St Leonard

WRENN ID
half-keep-hawthorn
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Stratford-on-Avon
Country
England
Date first listed
1 February 1967
Type
Church
Period
Victorian
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Leonard is a Grade II* listed building, originally constructed as a church and now functioning as a workshop. The nave dates back to the 12th and 14th centuries, while the chancel and porch were added in 1844, along with a bellcote. The nave is built of limestone, featuring an ashlar north wall with some 19th-century brick, and a south wall made of coursed rubble up to approximately 2 meters, with 19th-century lias ashlar above. The west end is regularly coursed. The chancel and porch are made of lias ashlar, with the nave roof covered in old tiles and the chancel in 20th-century tiles, both having 19th-century coped gables. The church is designed in a Neo-Norman style, with a one-bay chancel and a two-bay nave. The porch has round-arched, part-glazed double leaf doors.

Inside, the square-headed south door, dating from around 1600, features five vertical panels and strap hinges. The chancel has a string course that serves as a hood mould over the north and south windows, with a low central east buttress and angles adorned with nook-shafts. The east wheel window showcases radiating colonettes, while the north and south sides have single round-headed windows. The nave includes west angle and central buttresses, with 2-light Decorated windows featuring cinquefoiled lights made of red sandstone; the eastern pair are from the 14th century, and the western pair from the 19th century. The north door has 14th-century jambs and an early 14th-century four-centred arch, along with an oak door from 1535, which is decorated with applied ribs, ogee panelling, carving, and studded strap hinges. The late 13th-century west window is notable for its Y-tracery with trefoil. The bellcote is coped and features an ogee opening.

Inside the chancel, there is a double-framed roof with wind braces and an east window set within an arch. The chancel arch has 19th-century shafts and a 12th-century roll-moulded arch. The nave has plastered walls and a roof supported by queen struts and arched braces, possibly incorporating some re-used old timbers. Notable fittings include panelling from around 1835 and a 20th-century font. Fragments of 15th-century stained glass can be found in the north window.

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