Church of St Leonard is a Grade II* listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1961. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- north-shingle-fern
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1961
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Leonard, Wixoe
- OS grid reference
- TL 718 429
- Coordinates
- 52.05868, 0.50457
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Leonard is a flint and stone church that dates back to the 12th century, with the nave and chancel being from the 15th century. The south door is from the 12th century and features one order of shafts with scalloped capitals and zig-zag ornamentation on the arch. There is also a blocked Norman door on the north side of the church. The windows have been restored in the 19th or 20th century. The roof is tiled and includes a weatherboarded bell turret. Inside, there are mural tablets dedicated to the Berkleys, dated 1751 and 1764.
Local climate
Church of St Leonard sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2003
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