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Church of St Leonard

A Grade I Listed Building in Charlecote, Warwickshire

  • Church of St Leonard, Charlecote

  • Church of St Leonard

  • Monument of Thomas Lucy III

  • Monument to Thomas Lucy II

  • St Leonard: Victorian church 1851-1853 built by Mary Elizabeth Lucy in memorial to her husband

  • St Leonard: view from the south-west; gabled buttresses & gargoyles; west front with roundel; south tower with octagonal spire

  • St Leonard: from the north-east with roundel in north chapel

  • St Leonard: external lettering beneath chancel window.. 'This is none other but the House of God'

  • St Leonard: nave looking towards large Decorated style east window

  • St Leonard: ornate stone font in Decorated style; crocketing on bowl, figurines against the stem

  • St Leonard: monument to Thomas (i) Lucy of Charlecote, d.1600, & wife Joyce (Acton) of Sutton; beaded capping with daughter below

  • St Leonard: alabaster effigy to Thomas (i) Lucy of Charlecote, d.1600

  • St Leonard: Joyce (Acton of Sutton), d.1595, wife of Thomas (i) Lucy, d.1600; Elizabethan dress

  • St Leonard: Anne, d.1596, daughter of Thomas (i) Lucy, d.1600; she married Edward Aston of Tixall

  • St Leonard: inscription from the monument to Thomas (i) Lucy, d.1600, with reference to his wife, d.1595

  • St Leonard: shield from the monument to Thomas (i) Lucy, d.1600; quartered arms of eight for Lucy

  • St Leonard: monument probably to Thomas (ii) Lucy of Charlecote, d.1605; round headed recesses above frieze, cherub over skull; widow & children

  • St Leonard: effigy probably to Thomas (ii) Lucy of Charlecote, d.1605; armoured figure, head resting on cushion

  • St Leonard: probably Constance Kingsmill of High Clere, d.1637, second wife of Thomas (ii) Lucy of Charlecote, d.1605

  • St Leonard: painted shield of arms from the monument probably to Thomas (ii) Lucy of Charlecote, d.1605

  • St Leonard: monument to Thomas (iii) Lucy, d.1640, & wife Alice (Spencer of Claverdon); Corinthian shafts of white & coloured marbles

  • St Leonard: Thomas (iii) Lucy, d.1640; half raised position reclining on left elbow

  • St Leonard: Alice (Spencer of Claverdon), wife of Thomas (iii) Lucy, d.1640

  • St Leonard: panel from the monument to Thomas (iii) Lucy, d.1640; Latin epitaph

  • St Leonard: panel from the monument to Thomas (iii) Lucy, d.1640; scene showing Thomas mounted on horse with thatched house in background

  • St Leonard: panel from the monument to Thomas (iii) Lucy, d.1640; library of books (some labelled)

  • St Leonard: inscription referring to Alice (Spencer) wife of Thomas (iii) Lucy, d.1640

  • St Leonard: cartouche showing quartered arms of Lucy impaling Spencer from the monument to Thomas (iii) Lucy, d.1640

  • Church of St Leonard, Charlecote, Warwickshire, ENGLAND, UK

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Entry Name: Church of St Leonard

Listing Date: 5 April 1967

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1381830

English Heritage Legacy ID: 482194

ID on this website: 101381830

Location: St Leonard's Church, Charlecote, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, CV35

County: Warwickshire

District: Stratford-on-Avon

Civil Parish: Charlecote

Traditional County: Warwickshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Warwickshire

Church of England Parish: Charlecote St Leonard

Church of England Diocese: Coventry

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