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St Leonard

Sandridge

Hertfordshire

Late C11 and late C12 origin

Architectural Features

Chancel, late C14

some flint rubble and Roman brick

Machine tile roof

S aisle has 2 2-light C15- style windows

Interior 3-bay nave, the lower half original late C12 transitional Norman style

W tower arch has mid C12 colonnettes with stiff-leaf capitals

Carved stone corbels

Mostly late C14, it retains the late C11 Roman brick arch

On chancel side the openings have hollow-moulded frames ornamented with fleurons, the spandrels leaf-carved

Each side of door are posts with carved reclining figures, probably of donors

Font at W end of nave is late C11 or early C12

Stone drum with shallow carved intersecting arches

Chancel floor retains C14 tiles, some with glazed circular patterns

2 good early C19 monuments, both to Martin family, comprising simple Greek style chests with obelisks

Hexagonal late C19 carved pulpit.

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