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St Leonard

St Leonard

Shirland

Derbyshire

SK 35 NE PARISH OF SHIRLAND & HIGHAM CHESTERFIELD ROAD 4/36 (East Side) Church of St Leonard 31-1-67 II* Church, C15, C17, restored 1848 and 1929 and chancel much rebuilt.

Architectural Features

Copper nave and nave aisle roofs, C20 concrete tile chancel roof.

Moulded hood with carved stops.

To east, two C15 flat headed 3-light windows withuoefoil headed lights, pierced cusped spandrels and Tudor dripmoulds.

Above, three flat headed C17 3-light clerestory windows with semi-circular headed lights and incised spandrels.

South chancel wall has C15 cusped 3-light window, as in north aisle.

To west, flat headed 2-light window with trefoil headed lights and Tudor dripmould.

Interior: three bay C15 arcades with octagonal columns, moulded capitals and double chamfered pointed arches.

To north, C17 3-light window to east of north aisle, C19 king post nave roof, scissor truss roof to chancel.

Beyond, to east, large C15 wall tomb with large crocketed ogee arch, cusping below.

Alabaster base with carved coats of arms.

Also, two C18 wall memorials.

Fine alabaster tomb in north nave aisle to Revel family of 1537.

Carved with two life size figures on top.

Also grand wall memorial of 1706 to John Revell.

Glass mostly C20,fragments of early glass to clerestory windows.

C15 octagonal font with carved decoration in quatrefoils to each side.