The Parish Church Of St Leonard is a Grade I listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1950. A Medieval Church.
The Parish Church Of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- eternal-cobalt-tide
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1950
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Leonard dates from around 1100 and underwent alterations by J L Pearson in the 1880s. It is constructed from Kentish ragstone with Caen stone window dressings. The interior features a four-bay nave along with North and South aisles supported by 13th and 14th century pillars. There is a clerestory and a chancel arch, as well as North and South transepts. The tower was added in 1751, and the South Transept is also from the 18th century. An ambulatory built around 1220 AD contains a neatly stacked collection of 1,200 skulls and 8,000 thigh bones from the 13th and 14th centuries, believed to have been exhumed from the graveyard to create more space for plague victims from the 14th and 15th centuries.
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