Church Of St Leonard

The Church of St Leonard is an important building constructed in 1862 by P C Hardwick. It is made of snecked limestone rubble and has a tile roof. The church features a nave, a north porch, a lower chancel, a south chancel aisle with a pitched roof, and a south-east tower. The nave includes windows with two trefoiled lights beneath pointed heads, with two on the north side and three on the south side. There is also a rose window in the west wall. The porch is gabled and buttressed, with inner and outer doorways that are moulded with angle shafts. The chancel's north wall has two windows similar to those in the nave, and to the east, there is a window with one trefoiled light. The east window consists of three lights with Geometrical tracery, while the south chancel aisle features rose windows in both the east and west walls.

The tower has a square lower stage that transitions to an octagonal shape, topped with a short crocketted spire featuring lucarnes. The bell openings are trefoiled, set beneath pointed heads. Inside, the walls are adorned with a complete scheme of painted decoration, including biblical scenes outlined in red. At the west end, there is an elaborate gabled and corbelled oriel that opens from the adjoining former infirmary. The nave roof is constructed with side purlins, rafters with soulaces and collars, and trusses of a similar design, all featuring stencil decoration. The chancel arch is moulded and pointed, supported by corbelled marble shafts. The pulpit includes a carved alabaster figure of Christ, and the drum-shaped font has a band of dog-tooth ornament and a marble base. The chancel screen is made of iron on a stone base, and between the chancel and the south aisle, there is a four-bay arcade of paired marble columns. To the east, there are triple gilded and canopied sedilia and a piscina. The chancel walls incorporate marble panels, the floors are covered with encaustic tiles, and the windows contain contemporary glass.