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Chapel of St Leonard

Chapel Of St Leonard

Thorpe Langton

Leicestershire

C13, late C13 tower, chancel aisles

Architectural Features

arcades rebuilt early C14, clerestory added late C15.

Lead and plain tile roofs.

Above, a C13 lancet with chamfered jambs and hoodmould.

Plain tile roof with coped gables with kneelers and finial.

Late C19 vestry between south aisle and tower, with plain tile roof, coping, stone chimney,and 2-light west window.

Interior: 3-bay nave arcades with double chamfered, pointed arches and early C14 quatrefoil piers with moulded capitals and bases.

Early C14 piscina and damaged sedilia.

Late C15 octagonal bowl and stem font, carved with foliage and tracery.

Polygonal pulpit appears to incorporate panels of c1500, otherwise late C19.

Stained glass in east window of north aisle depicting farming scenes, to memory of James Kendall East window of south aisle has glass to memory of George Kendall Glass in east window by Heaton, Butler & Payne, c1868.

Elaborate carving, brattishing and bossing on moulded C15 tie beams in nave and chancel.

Late C19 tile floors.