Church Of St Leonard

The Church of St Leonard is a parish church largely dating to the 13th century, with significant fabric from the 16th century and later alterations. The site incorporates the foundations of a late 12th-century church, of which only the original medieval plan, the piers of the chancel arch, and a reset south doorway remain. The nave and chancel are principally of the 13th century, with 19th-century changes to the earlier 16th-century clerestory. The south aisle and north chapel are late 15th or early 16th century.

The north-west tower is of narrow brick in English bond with diaper work, featuring limestone dressings. It has three stages on a splayed plinth that extends from the north chapel. An embattled parapet is topped with beast gargoyles, and the bell stage has two pointed lights with four-centred heads, each set with original plank shutters.

The nave is constructed of pebbles with limestone dressings. The south wall is brick and has an embattled parapet. The clerestory features three re-used 16th-century windows. The west wall has a single 16th-century three-light transomed window, alongside a 16th-century doorway with a four-centred arch, a square head, and foliate and initial decoration to the spandrels.

The south aisle echoes the construction of the nave with pebble and limestone dressings, with two 16th-century windows and another to the east end, each with three cinquefoil lights. A restored late 15th or early 16th century south porch has an outer arch that is two-centred and of two moulded orders, and an inner arch carried on attached shafts. The fine late 12th-century south doorway (reset) features three moulded orders within a round-headed arch.

The chancel is constructed of pebble and rubblestone with some sandstone, likely re-used from the original church, and features a slate roof with an embattled parapet and moulded cornice. A panel of stone ashlar at eaves height, likely 17th century and potentially used for a sundial, is also present. The 16th-century east window has five cinquefoil lights. The north wall has a single lancet window and a two-light window, both dating to the 13th century.

The north chapel is built of stone ashlar with an embattled parapet, a crocketed pinnacle at the north-east corner, a moulded main cornice with two beast gargoyles, and is decorated with foliate and initial bosses. Three early 16th-century windows are present.

Internally, the north arcade has three bays with two-centred arches of two chamfered orders on octagonal columns and capitals. The south arcade also has three bays with two chamfered orders on round columns and capitals. The 13th-century chancel arch is two-centred and of two chamfered orders, resting on late 12th-century piers with square abaci and engaged shafts having scallop and cushion capitals. A squint opening and a four-centred arch lead to a sealed roof loft opening, to the north of the chancel arch.