Description

WORLDHAM HARTLEY MAUDITT
SU 73 NW
1/14 Church of St Leonard
(Formerly listed as
31.7.63 Hartley Mauditt Church)

II*

Parish church. Early and late C12, c1300 and late C19. Rendered walls and
tiled roof. Norman nave, Early English chancel, with Victorian north vestry,
south porch, and west wall. Plain exterior, with some small Norman windows,
some lancets, a coupled Perpendicular window, and Victorian windows to nave
and east end. At the west gable, a tall lancet on either side of a central
stepped buttress, which supports a stone octagonal base to a wood bell turret
with shingled spire. The south door is c1200, of 2 recessed orders, with
cushion caps to the shafts, outer dog tooth moulding, enclosing ornament of
horse shoe pattern, with a deeply-moulded inner arch. Interior: the nave is
plain, ending in a Normal chancel arch, and there is an octagonal C15 font.
The small chancel has several notable wall monuments, of the late C17.

Listing NGR: SU7423836436

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Leonard's Church, Hartley Mauditt at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7593986

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)