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
Constituency
Folkestone and Hythe MP: Tony Vaughan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 January 1950
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
The Parish Church of St Leonard, Oak Walk
OS grid reference
TR 161 349
Coordinates
51.07284, 1.08409
Source
Historic England listing

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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.

Local climate

The Parish Church of St Leonard receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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