Church of St Leonard
CHURCH OF ST LEONARD, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1175735
- Date first listed:
- 18-Dec-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Leonard
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST LEONARD, CHURCH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1175735
- Date first listed:
- 18-Dec-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Leonard
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST LEONARD, CHURCH LANE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST LEONARD, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Misterton
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 45238 08126
Details
ST40NE MISTERTON CP CHURCH LANE (West side)
6/165 Church of St Leonard
GV II
Anglican parish chuch. 1840, by Sampson Kempthorne, architect. Ham stone cut and squared, ashlar dressings: Welsh slate roof between stepped coped gables, with western bell turret. Two-cell plan of single-bay chancel and 5-bay nave, with south porch, gothic revival. Chancel has chamfered plinth, with a 3-light east window with label, traceried in C15 style. Lean-to vestry on north side with pointed arch 'Y'-traceried diamond leaded casement in east wall. A 3-cusped-light flat arched window on south side, with simple 4-centre-arched doorway to left. Nave has plinth; plain chamfered lancet windows without labels, that to bay 2 on south side having high cill to accommodate porch to match, with 4-centre moulded outer arch and iron gate. Inside a plainly detailed design. Coved boarded chancel ceiling, blue with gold stars. Typical communion rail of period set across the plain pointed chancel arch. Nave ceiling has queenpost roof trusses. Rear gallery with organ, carried on 2 cast-iron columns. Most fittings of 1840, but pulpit replaced in 1948. One 1797 memorial plaque on north wall, all other memorials C19, mostly post-1840. On rear wall a hatchment of Charles II dated 1660, but overpainted for William in 1695. (VCH Somerset, Vol IV, 1978, p67).
Listing NGR: ST4523808126
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 262415
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Somerset, (1978)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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