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St Leonard

St Leonard

Wallingford

Oxfordshire

C11 tower, south arcade, apse, and other alterations c.1849 by Henry Hakewill

Architectural Features

old plain-tile roof

Irregular fenestration of C19 Romanesque lancets, except C14 style paired louvred lancet to Romanesque archway to each face with pyramidal roof

C13 lancets to left and right

C19 apse arch with reset carving to chancel face of indented nail-head form, with basket work capitals to columns and carved faces to the responds of the arch

C19 chancel arch with reset carving to nave face of tablet-flower form with basket work imposts and outer sections of arch, C19 south arcade of 3 Romanesque arches

Good collection of late C18 funary monuments to north side of nave

Apse has wall paintings by G.D. Leslie c.1889. (V.C.H.: Berkshire, Vol.III, 1923, p.540-1