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St Leonard

Loddington

Northamptonshire

C13, C14, altered 1578, restored by Ewan Christian, 1859

Architectural Features

3-stage west tower, C13 and C14, has chamfered plinth, 3 string courses, plain buttresses to east, angle buttresses to west, and lozenge frieze with gargoyles

North side has to east a flat headed Perpendicular triple lancet and to west, a C14 single lancet

Aisle has to left a double hollow chamfered doorway, flanked to left by a single plain C13 lancet and to right by 2 untraceried mid C14 double lancets with flat heads

Chapel has, to left, a C13 roll moulded doorway with ringed shafts, and to its right a triple and a double late C14 lancet with flat heads

The east end has a late C14 double lancet with 4-centred arched head

North side has to east a C15 transomed double lancet and to west a larger C14 triple lancet, both with flat heads

East end has a restored early C14 triple lancet with intersecting tracery

South side has to east a C13 double lancet with plate tracery

North porch, C14, restored C19, has chamfered plinth and eaves, coped gable with kneelers and finial, double chamfered doorway and a C19 quatrefoil in each side

Interior has 2 restored stone benches, C19 roof and C15 roll moulded Tudor arched doorway

Triple chamfered C13 tower arch has round responds and C20 wooden screen

C13 3-bay arcade has round and quatrefoil piers, octagonal imposts and double chamfered arches with hood moulds

South aisle east end has a C13 moulded arch with shafts and dogtooth capitals

South side has a central C14 tomb recess with shafts and hood mould

South east window has medieval glass fragments

South east chapel, now vestry, has to east a window, flanked to left by a blocked lancet and to right by a C15 niche with a mask pendant

South side has to west a C14 and a C13 piscina and to their right, a double chamfered arch with imposts and the lower part of a C15 screen

North side has to east a late C14 tomb recess

South east side has a C19 triple sedilia with shafts, and a late C13 piscina

Above, stained glass window, 1892, signed G F Campfield, also attributed to Morris & Co

Resited C15 traceried oak screen

Fittings include C12 round font with latticed top band

3 C16 benches with traceried ends, plus 6 restored ends

C19 octagonal oak pulpit, benches and stalls

C17 chip-carved chest and plain C18 chest

Large Classical marble and slate war memorial tablet, 1918, with brass, 1945

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