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St Leonard

St Leonard

Walcote

Leicestershire

C14, restored 1863 by William Smith.

Architectural Features

Late C19, carved marble reredos.

C19 octagonal drum font on octagonal plinth.

C19 altar rails, chairs, desk, stalls, organ, pulpit, south aisle altar, lectern.

C19 pews with re-used C16 bench ends in nave, decorated with tracery and branches, and C16 panels re- used as bench fronts in south aisle.

MONUMENTS: chancel: C16 alabaster alter tomb with recumbent effigy in armour with helmet, Crowned with a saracen's head, and lion at feet.

sometime Lord of Misterton and Poultney, who departed out this world 22 May AD 1567, on whose soul the Lord hath taken mercy.

Mid C19-marble wall memorial on south wall.

Late C19 marble wall memorial on north wall above door.

Early C19 marble wall memorial also on north wall, between 2 windows.

Large WWI stone memorial on north wall of north aisle, with a figure at each end.

WWII wall memorial below.

Stone slab and C19 polychromatic tile flooring.

C19 stained glass. (Buildings of England: Leicestershire: p. 321)