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St Leonard

Bretforton

Worcestershire

Late C12, partly rebuilt late C13 , extended mid-C14

Architectural Features

C15, restored mid-C19.

West tower: C15.

Belfry stage has windows of two ogee trefoiled lights under a two-centred head, the first stage has a small square-headed window, and the ground stage has an ogee trefoiled window with square head over a door with a C19 Tudor arch.

Aisles: C12 with later details.

South aisle: three bays, that to right occupied by gabled C14 transept which has diagonal buttresses and a C14 window of two cinquefoiled lights under a two-centred head.

Aisle to left has a C19 stone porch with a C15 door to the outer arch, to the right a window of three cinquefoiled lights under a triangular head.

Chancel: late C13 of three bays with two trefoiled lancets to west and a window of two cinquefoiled lights to east.

INTERIOR: nave: late C12 arcades, that to south of two and a half bays with two-centred arches of two square orders.

The capital of the first pillar from the east has a carving of the legend of St Margaret on the nave (south) side.

A blocked C15 doorway to tower has a hollow chamfer to arch and jambs.

South aisle has a C14 trefoiled piscina with shaft in the south wall.

The tie beam at the junction has arch braces, rising from C15 stone corbels.

Fittings: reset panelling in south transept includes a piece dated 1615.

The font is round with a tapering bowl and may be C12.