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St Leonard

St Leonard

Stanton Fitzwarren

Wiltshire

Church of St Leonard SU 19 SE 5/433 26.1.55 I 2. Norman nave with C14 alterations

Architectural Features

C13 or C14 chancel (on site of Norman apse, found 1865) and C17 tower to north

Rubble with stone tile roof

Three bay nave, west bay added 1891 (see also Gothick fireplace inside) and south porch (1898) with richly carved gable, angle buttresses with crocketted pinnacles

Two Norman doorways with hood mould of roll and saltire crosses over plain tympanum (south side restored and blocked, north side has C17 door set in contemporary surround). Large perpendicular window to right

Slightly lower 2 1/2 bay chancel with hipped dormer and 3 irregular windows to south and priest's door (all restored in C15 style). 2 stage embattled tower of 1631 attached to north of crossing with C19 pinnacles, door to north with drip and 2 light window over

Interior: high chancel arch with saltire crosses and carved valances on inner order

A number of C12 fragments on south wall

Font: very important (church graded I for this reason), about 1180, circular with 8 Virtues and Vices below trefoiled arches

great deal of carved woodwork and gilt lettering partly by the rector Canon Masters circa 1910 and partly earlier

rood screen

lectern

pulpit