Church of St Leonard is a Grade I listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1968. A 1789 Church.

Church of St Leonard

WRENN ID
half-postern-river
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 March 1968
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Leonard, Trudoxhill
OS grid reference
ST 755 449
Coordinates
51.20347, -2.35136
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Leonard is a parish church built in 1789 and altered in 1844 by Edward Davis of Bath for the Duke of Cork and Orrery. It is constructed from squared and coursed Doulting rubble with a stone tile roof. The church features a nave, chancel, north chapel, and a west tower with three stages, all designed in a Romanesque style. The nave, which has three bays, includes semi-circular headed windows with heavily enriched surrounds. The cross-gabled chancel has a rose window on the south side and an east window with three lights, each with a semi-circular head. There is a semi-circular headed door opening on the south side of the tower, also heavily enriched. Inside, the nave is topped with an elaborate hammer beam roof and includes a gallery, while the chancel has a stone vaulted roof. A notable feature is the stained glass in the east window, which dates from the 15th century and originates from the abbey of Altenberg near Cologne. The church also contains two 17th-century wooden chests and numerous monuments to the Boyle family, including the Duke of Cork and Orrery, with the most notable being a memorial to Louisa Boyle from 1826 located under the tower.

Local climate

Church of St Leonard receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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