Description

WALLINGFORD ST. LEONARD'S LANE SU6089SE (South side) Wallingford 11/128 Church of St. Leonard 09/12/49 (Formerly listed as Parish Church of St. Leonard's)

GV II*

Church. C11 tower, south arcade, apse, and other alterations c.1849 by Henry Hakewill. Flint and stone rubble mixture, with area of limestone rubble in herring-bone pattern below eaves of nave. Coursed squared stone to tower and apse; old plain-tile roof. Nave, south aisle, chancel and apse, with west tower. 6-panel door with wrought iron hinges to C19 Romanesque doorway with blind tympanum to right of nave. Irregular fenestration of C19 Romanesque lancets, except C14 style paired louvred lancet to Romanesque archway to each face with pyramidal roof. Rear: C19 plank door to left of centre of aisle. C19 lancets to aisle. C19 trefoils to nave clerestory. C19 lancet to chancel centre. C13 lancets to left and right. Blocked doorway with segmental pointed head to right: blocked opening with stone voussoirs to upper left. Interior: arch braced collar truss roof to chancel of 2 bays with 2 tiers of windbraces. C19 king post roof to nave of 3 bays. C19 lean-to roof to aisle. C19 apse arch with reset carving to chancel face of indented nail-head form, with basket work capitals to columns and carved faces to the responds of the arch. C19 chancel arch with reset carving to nave face of tablet-flower form with basket work imposts and outer sections of arch, C19 south arcade of 3 Romanesque arches. Good collection of late C18 funary monuments to north side of nave. Apse has wall paintings by G.D. Leslie c.1889. (V.C.H.: Berkshire, Vol.III, 1923, p.540-1; Buildings of England; Berkshire, 1966, p24B).

Listing NGR: SU6084689078

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)