St Leonard'S is a Grade II* listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1966. A Medieval Church. 2 related planning applications.
St Leonard'S
- WRENN ID
- endless-tower-falcon
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 July 1966
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St. Leonard's is a former parish church that has been converted into a dwelling. The nave dates back to the 12th century, while the chancel was extended in the 14th century, and the south porch was added in the 15th century. The building underwent restoration in the 19th century and was converted into a house by Patrick Lorimer in the 1970s. It is constructed from coursed rubble stone and features tiled roofs with coped gables and ornamental ridge tiles.
The nave's west wall has wide single lancets with hoodmoulds at both the ground floor and above in the gable. The south wall includes a similar lancet to the east, adorned with carved stops, and a two-light Perpendicular window to the west. There are three 20th-century hipped dormers with paired casements. The south doorway from the 12th century has a round moulded arch decorated with nailhead ornament on the outer moulding, along with carved impost blocks and a stoup to the right. The porch features a moulded Perpendicular arch with a 20th-century door and stone benches along the side walls. The north wall has a wide lancet with ogee cusping and a hoodmould, as well as a pointed arched doorway with a 20th-century glazed door to the west. A skylight is also present.
In the chancel, there is a pointed arched doorway to the south under a hoodmould with carved head stops. Flanking the doorway are two-light windows, with the eastern window displaying Y tracery and having been much restored. The north wall has a 20th-century lean-to with an octagonal chimney stack on the side. The east window features three lights in the Perpendicular style.
Inside, the nave has a modern roof supported by 14th-century carved head corbels, and there is a four-centred arch leading to the rood-loft stairs in the south wall. The low narrow chancel arch is triple chamfered, with the inner order resting on corbels adorned with ballflower ornament. The arch is flanked by panels displaying the Lord's Prayer, the Creed, and the Commandments. The chancel contains a cusped ogee piscina, 19th-century painted decoration on the east wall, fragments of 16th-century glass in the southeast window, and 19th-century glass by Lavers and Westlake of London in the east window.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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