Building record 0123300000 - ST LEONARD'S PARISH CHURCH, ST LEONARDS

Summary

Fifteenth century church at St Leonards, with seventeenth and nineteenth century restorations

Protected Status/Designation

Archaeological Notification Area: Late Medieval church of St Leonard and site of earlier Medieval hermitage (DBC9529)
Listed Building (II*) 1162947: CHURCH OF ST LEONARD (DBC6576)

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Type and Period (2)

CHURCH (Restored 1845, 15th Century to 19th Century - 1400 AD to 1899 AD)
CHAPEL OF EASE (15th Century - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)

Description

Originally a chapel of Aston Clinton. Nave and chancel in one, wooden bell turret with small tiled pyramid spire at west end. Prob built C15, restored C17 and 1845 (B1-7).
Grade II+. Parish church, originally a chapel of ease to Aston Clinton, probably C15, restored C17 and 1845. Nave and Chancel in one. Plastered walls, tiled roof. Wooden bell turret with small tiled pyramid spire at west end. C19, S. porch. C15 windows. Interior: C16 arch braced roof trusses in nave. Early C18 wall tablets. RCHM I p 20 MON 2 (B7).

(SP 9100 0708) St Leonard's church (NAT) (B5).
Originally a cell or hermitage connected with the Abbey of Missenden and towards the end of the 13th century it seemed to have been granted by the monks to the rector of Aston Clinton. Almost completely destroyed in the Civil War, the church was rebuilt in the 17th century. Very little now remains of the older building (B10).

The church is essentially 15th century (a) but with a 13th century piscina and sedile in the chancel. No other details of the early 'cell' were available. (2)

Sources (12)

<1>SBC7453 Bibliographic reference: LIBSCOMB 2 PP 93-95.
<2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. pp90-91.
<3>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. p318.
<4>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 1. Volume 1. p20.
<5>SBC10416 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. OS 1960 SIX INCH MAP. 1:10,560.
<6>SBC10856 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP 90 NW 10 (NOT RETAINED).
<7>SBC3679 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1983. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST. p20.
<8>SBC14070 Bibliographic reference: SCRIMGEOUR G E JUNE 1987.
<9>SBC19645 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2002. St Leonards Church, St Leonards: Archaeological Evaluation.
<10>SBC29320 Article in serial: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 1874. 'Proceedings of the Society 1874' in Records of Buckinghamshire 4, Part 5, Pages 272-278.
<11>SBC29321 Verbal communication: P A Stevens. 1972. Field Investigators Comments - F1 PAS 15-NOV-72.
<12>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). insert 2004, update 2013.

Location

Grid reference	SP 90997 07063 (point)
Civil Parish	CHOLESBURY-CUM-ST. LEONARDS, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire