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St Leonards

Cotheridge

Worcestershire

Early C12, altered early C15

Architectural Features

restored in 1684 for Rowland Berkeley.

South tower Added in C15.

lower stage has C17 10-light chamfered mullioned window in west wall

C15 planked door with moulded cover strips and wrought iron hinges.

Chancel east wall has 2 original pilaster buttresses and C15 diagonal buttress at its southern angle

early C15 east window for 4 cusped lights.

South wall has 2 original pilaster buttresses flanked by a C13 cusped lancet to the west, and a C13 2-light window to the east.

Nave north elevation has 3 original pilaster buttresses and a C17 diagonal brick buttress

2 C18 windows with cambered heads and leaded lights set within C12 window openings and a blocked doorway opposing the main southern entrance door.

West elevation has C14 corner buttresses and a central original pilaster buttress with a C19 pointed arched window above and C18 windows with cambered heads each side in the original openings

South elevation has 3 original pilaster buttresses and a C14 buttress at the east end

late C14 3-light window and an original lancet, enclosed by tower.

Vestry Built in 1620 as a chapel.

The chancel roof is probably C14 having a central king-post and swept wind-braces

some of the plaster in the nave has been removed to expose fragments of medieval wall paintings on the north wall and wall above the chancel arch.

The chancel has a C17 arched doorway to vestry

C15 and C19 floor tiles

a C17 hexagonal oak panelled pulpit and tester

dado of C17 panelling behind altar and box pews made up of similar panelling

late C17 altar rails with turned balusters

4 wall memorials of mid C19 date, the 3 on the north wall to the Berkeley family.

Mid C19 font.

C17 painted glass in vestry window of the arms of the Berkeley family with a label and crest of a bear's head, razed and muzzled.