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Chapel of St Leonard

Chapel Of St Leonard

Brockhall Village

Lancashire

BILLINGTON OLD LANGHO SD 73 NW 2/13 Chapel of St.Leonard 24-11-1966 - I Church, said to be 1557, re-using dressings of c.1500, restored 1879.

Architectural Features

The gabled porch has a chamfered outer doorway with Tudor arch.

The east wall is coped with kneelers and has a C19 window of 3 cinquefoiled lights under a Tudor-arched head with Perpendicular tracery.

Various pieces of re-used carved stonework are set into the outer walls, including part of a nodding ogee canopy over the east window.

Interior has C16 roof with king posts rising from moulded tie beams and with queen struts.

Opposite, projecting from the north wall, is an elaborately carved stoup, again re-set.

The pews were reconstructed in the C19 restoration, but retain their carved ends, many of which are carved with initials and with dates between 1688 and 1692.