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St Leonard

Grateley

Hampshire

C12, C13, restoration of 1851

Architectural Features

The nave is Norman with an original window, some lancets and a traceried (south) light of the mid C19

the chancel is C13 (slightly-wider than the nave) with 2 lancets on the north side and triple lancets at the east end

the tower is C13 with C15 diagonal buttresses

Plain tile roof, walls of flint (with some stone rubble), coursed, knapped and squared to the chancel, with stone dressings

The porch, with a simple Norman doorway within, has a sundial above the entrance, dated 1784

Within, the notable feature is the presence of stained glass (with brilliant reds and blues) rescued from Salisbury cathedral by William Benson Earle in 1787 and given to the church

The font is a plain Norman tub

A small wrought-iron bracket fixed to the wall near the pulpit once held the hourglass (for timing the sermon). In front of the altar rail is a double row of 60 medieval inlaid tiles.

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