Building record 0420500000 - ST LEONARDS PARISH CHURCH
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1238924: CHURCH OF ST LEONARD
- Planning Notification Area: Medieval chapel of St Leonard, Chesham Bois
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Type and Period (1)
- CHURCH (Restored 1884, 14th Century to 19th Century - 1300 AD to 1899 AD)
Description
Dimensions - Length 22m, Width 10m.
Built on high hill; nave, chancel and tower (B2).
Restored 1884 N aisle added plus tower, 1911 nave and N aisle extended & vestry sdded. Church built c1360 then consisted of undivided nave and chancel [Full description] (B3-5).
Formerly chapel of Chesham Bois Manor (B6).
Grade II. Small C14 chapel enlarged and restored 1884, nave lengthened 1911. Knapped flint with stone dressings. Original chapel now the chancel, east-part of nave also old; C19 nave, north aisle and south west porch/tower with parapet and tiled pyramid spire. Interior: C15 arch braced roof in chancel on carved corbels, part of nave roof also C15. C17 carved pulpit, altar rails, communion tables and stained glass. C16 brasses and two monuments to Cheyne family (B8).
Sources (8)
- <1>SBC8019 Bibliographic reference: LYONS D AND S MAGNA BRITANNIA 1 (1813) P539.
- <2>SBC7722 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 3 PP 271-272.
- <3>SBC13610 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 6 (1889) PP 185-211 (CHE WHITE: CHURCH AND PARISH OF CHESHAM BOIS.
- <4>SBC15502 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 P220.
- <5>SBC12754 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 PP101-102.
- <6>SBC11210 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 99 NE 38 IN BCM ENVELOPE FILE 4205.
- <7>SBC16689 Bibliographic reference: WILLIS B 1755 HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF BUCKINGHAM P280.
- <8>SBC19816 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Chiltern District: Parishes of Amersham, Chesham Bois and Coleshill. p97.
Location
Grid reference | SU 96890 99821 (point) |
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Civil Parish | CHESHAM BOIS, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13590)
Record last edited
Mar 26 2021 10:05PM