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St Mary

St Mary

Leighton

Shropshire

1714-16 but incorporating Medieval plan and fabric, restored mid- to late C19.

Architectural Features

C18 red brick on coursed sandstone plinth (probably medieval), plain tile roofs with coped verges.

Interior: most striking feature is that the walls are of uncoursed sandstone rubble showing that the C18 brick on exterior is in fact only the encasement of a medieval fabric

plain round-headed chancel arch flanked by C18 hatchment to south and royal coat-of-arms to north

late C18 urn-shaped font on moulded stone pillar, contemporary hexagonal pulpit and late C19 stained glass in east window, restored C17 communion table.

Monuments: in nave

in chancel (south side), late C13 cross-legged stone effigy of knight, probably a member of the Leighton family, retaining traces of paint and with feet resting on a lion

large C18 wall memorials to members of the Kynnersley and Leighton families that to Elizabeth Leighton by William Baker

in the centre of the north wall a prominent memorial to Thomas Kynnersley , substantial pedestal with coat-of-arms and Greek key ornament to top, surmounted by draped urn, signed by J. Evan Thomas

another mid-C18 wall memorial to south of chancel arch in nave

C10

D.H.S. Cranage, The Churches of Shropshire, Part 7 , Pp.596-7 and Appendix Pp.995-6