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St Leonard

Tortworth

Gloucestershire

Altered and extended C14

Architectural Features

C15

West tower: C15, 4 stages with diagonal buttresses

pierced, embattled parapet with corner pinnacles and gargoyles

Font: C12, scalloped octagonal bowl on cylindrical shaft, C17 cover.

Pulpit: c.1872 in a Perpendicular style.

Glass: reassembled mediaeval fragments in east window of north chapel, c.1472, Edward IV with angels, sun in splendour badge and symbols of the Passion

Monuments.

South chapel: Thomas Throckmorton, died 1568, ashlar tomb chest

canopy, in a mixture of Renaissance and late Gothic styles, pilasters, entablature and segmental pediment, shell heads to niches, depressed and ogee arches, much heraldry and loose C17 armour

Thomas Throckmorton, died 1607, alabaster effigy on tomb chest against a richly sculptured background of strapwork and symbols, framed by Corinthian columns and entablature with moulded cornice and heraldic finials, all surmounted by flamboyant arms with aedicule of paired Corinthian columns, obelisk finials and cresting

Nave: Dorothy Trenchard, died 1661, plaque with angels

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