The Church of St Leonard
THE CHURCH OF ST LEONARD, WARMINGHAM ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1330059
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- The Church of St Leonard
- Statutory Address:
- THE CHURCH OF ST LEONARD, WARMINGHAM ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1330059
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- The Church of St Leonard
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE CHURCH OF ST LEONARD, WARMINGHAM ROAD
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:
- THE CHURCH OF ST LEONARD, WARMINGHAM ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Warmingham
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 70902 61074
Details
SJ 76SW WARMINGHAM C.P. WARMINGHAM ROAD
2/17 The Church of St. Leonard 12.1.1967
GV II*
Parish church, formerly timber framed, west tower 1715, present church 1870 by Hussey. Tower of bricks, church of red sandstone squared rubble with slate roof. 4 bay nave and narrower less lofty 1 bay chancel in Perpendicular style,Cruciform plan. Tower of small bluish bricks in Flemish Bond with high stone plinth, quoins and coved bands dividing it into four sections. The tower windows were replaced 1899 and are now gothic revival based substantially on "Y" tracery. There are clock faces north and south with bullseye west and louvred openings at bell stage. Moulded cornice, crenellated parapet and crocketted pinnacles. Gothic opening to north entrance porch flanked by single shafts with drip mould above, quatrefoil openings to side and Perpendicular entrance to nave. Chancel and nave windows Perpendicular style with stained glass in chancel. Corner clasping and inter-window buttresses, crenellated nave parapet.
Interior: The transepts hardly develop being only one bench width. Choir stalls with poppyheads in chancel flanked by carved-screens separating small altar north and organ chamber south. Side aisles formed by gothic arcade with octagonal columns. C16 carved oak font cover. Nave has arched collar trusses with hammer beams and corbels carved is faces, the ends of four hammer beams also have faces. Chancel has arched collar trusses straight off corbels.
Listing NGR: SJ7090261074
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 56640
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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