St Leonard's Church, Berwick St Leonard
| St Leonard's Church | |
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| Location | Berwick St Leonard, Wiltshire, England |
| Coordinates | 51°05′51″N 2°06′37″W / 51.09750°N 2.11028°WCoordinates: 51°05′51″N 2°06′37″W / 51.09750°N 2.11028°W |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Official name: Church of St. Leonard | |
| Designated | 6 January 1966[1] |
| Reference no. | 320783 |
  Location of St Leonard's Church in Wiltshire | |
St Leonard's Church in Berwick St Leonard, Wiltshire, England, was built in the 12th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building,[1] and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] It was declared redundant on 22 June 1973, and was vested in the Trust on 9 June 1976.[3]
The manor was held by Shaftesbury Abbey's manor of Tisbury.[4] The church was built of flint and limestone, in the 12th century. By the 19th century the fabric of the building was decaying and, in 1859 a major restoration was undertaken. The font and a sculptured relief of the Lamb of God over the south doorway date from the Norman era.[2]
The church was closed in 1966.[5]
See also
- List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in South West England
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Historic England, "Church of St. Leonard (1318783)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 April 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 St Leonard's Church, Berwick, Wiltshire, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 31 March 2011
- ↑ Diocese of Salisbury: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, pp. 1–2, retrieved 31 March 2011
- ↑ "Parishes: Berwick St Leonard". A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 13: South-west Wiltshire: Chalke and Dunworth hundreds. British History Online. 1987. pp. 100–105. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
- ↑ "Fonthill Bishop". Nadder Valley Focus. Retrieved 3 October 2010.