Chapel of St Leonard is a Grade II* listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1969. A Medieval Church. 5 related planning applications.

Chapel of St Leonard

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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Exmoor National Park
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 May 1969
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Chapel of St Leonard, Tivington, Selworthy, Somerset, TA24 8SU
OS grid reference
SS 933 450
Coordinates
51.19463, -3.5282
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Chapel of St Leonard is an Anglican chapel dating from the mid-14th century. It was refenestrated in the mid-16th century, and became secularized after the Reformation. In the 16th century, a fireplace was inserted, and the east end was enlarged. The building was restored in 1896 and reconsecrated in 1940. It is now known as Dunkery View. Constructed of red sandstone rubble with a thatched roof that is half-hipped to the west, the chapel consists of a single cell with a cottage attached to the east, accessed via the west end.

The north front features two two-light trefoil-headed mullioned windows with hoodmoulds, flanking a lateral stack. A chamfered pointed arch opening, reached by three steps, forms the west end; it has a half-glazed 20th-century door, with a bell suspended from a wooden bracket above. The south front has a blocked square-headed opening between large raking buttresses, and a lancet window to the east.

The interior is rendered. A blocked east end window and a former doorway connect the chapel to the cottage. The roof is a seven-bay arch-braced structure, largely renewed. A reading desk is believed to have been made from 18th-century box pews from Selworthy Church, and mid-19th century pews from Milverton Church. The Acland family carried out the restoration, and the bell is reportedly from their yacht 'Lady of St Kilda'. Prior to restoration, the chapel served as a school.

Local climate

Chapel of St Leonard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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