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

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

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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).

Sources (9)

  • <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. 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SBC19645 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2002.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.

Location

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

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Oct 18 2024 2:32PM

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