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Chapel of St Leonard, Perimeter Wall and Gateway Farleigh Hungerford Castle

A Grade I Listed Building in Norton St Philip, Somerset

  • St Leonard: mid c14 parish church included as the Hungerford chapel within the outer bailey of the castle

  • St Leonard: west front & porch added early c16

  • St Leonard: c14 plain, rectangular nave of main chapel; three-light east window c.1400

  • St Leonard: giant painting of St George, c.1440

  • St Leonard: Sir Thomas Hungerford, d.1397, & wife Joan (Hussey)

  • St Leonard: Sir Thomas Hungerford of Farleigh & Heytesbury, d.1397, Speaker of the House of Commons & builder of the castle

  • St Leonard: Joan (Hussey of Holbrook), d. 1412, wife of Thomas Hungerford

  • St Leonard: weeper from the monument to Thomas Hungerford, d.1397

  • St Leonard: weeper from the monument to Thomas Hungerford, d.1397

  • St Leonard: pinkish-red tomb chest to Walter Hungerford of Farleigh, d.1596, & son; fluted pilasters

  • St Leonard: tomb chest to Edward Hungerford, d.1607, & wife Jane (nee Hungerford of Down Ampney)

  • St Leonard: tomb chest to Anne Shaw (nee Hungerford), d.1613; kneeling family at the front

  • St Leonard: kneeling figure of Anne Shaw (nee Hungerford), d.1613

  • St Leonard: verse & inscription to Anne Shaw (nee Hungerford), d.1613

  • St Leonard: white marble monument to Edward Hungerford of Black Bourton, d.1648, & wife Margaret (nee Halladay), erected c.1660

  • St Leonard: Edward Hungerford of Black Bourton, d.1648; parliamentary army officer

  • St Leonard: Margaret (Halladay), d.1672, wife of Edward Hungerford of Black Bourton

  • St Leonard: coats of arms on the west wall of north chapel; Whalesborough, Dering, Luttrell, ?, Sandys & FitzWalter

  • St Leonard: painting on north chapel north wall with arms of Hungerford impaling Cantilupe

  • St Leonard: crypt containing c17 lead coffins with moulded faces

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Entry Name: Chapel of St Leonard, Perimeter Wall and Gateway Farleigh Hungerford Castle

Listing Date: 16 November 1984

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1345336

English Heritage Legacy ID: 267187

ID on this website: 101345336

Location: Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, BA2

County: Somerset

District: Mendip

Civil Parish: Norton St Philip

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

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