Church Of St Leonard

SE 36 SW BURTON LEONARD MILL LANE (north side)

3/2 Church of St Leonard

GV II

Church. 1878. Ashlar, red clay tile roof. 3-bay nave with south porch and west bellcote, 2-bay chancel. In Gothic style. 2- and 3-light Decorated. traceried windows with hoodmoulds, moulded string at sill level, stepped buttresses to angles and between bays. Double-chamfered arch to porch, blind tracery and a statue in a niche above. Paired 2-light window to west end, 5-light east window. Bellcote with single bell under a pediment surmounted by a cross. Interior: high and wide chancel arch with painted lettering above. The east window has an Ascension scene and is signed , "J. B. CAPRONNIER BRUXELLES FECIT 1879". The church stands on the site of 2 earlier structures, the first completed by 1242, and rebuilt in 1782. The present church was built largely at the expense of Mr James Brown of Copgrove Hall; a notice on the church door indicates that a £60 grant was received from the Incorporated Society for Building of Churches in 1877. H F Diggle, Burton Leonard Church Centenary leaflet, 1978.

Listing NGR: SE3279963877