Church Of St Leonard, Butleigh
| Church Of St Leonard | |
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| Location | Butleigh, Somerset, England |
| Coordinates | 51°06′09″N 2°41′13″W / 51.10250°N 2.68694°WCoordinates: 51°06′09″N 2°41′13″W / 51.10250°N 2.68694°W |
| Built | 14th century |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Designated | 22 November 1966[1] |
| Reference no. | 1058773 |
  Location of Church Of St Leonard in Somerset | |
The Anglican Church Of St Leonard in Butleigh, within the English county of Somerset, was built in the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.[1][2]
The earliest church on the site was from the Anglo-Saxon period and part of this may still form part of the door. At the time of the Domesday Book the church and village were property of Glastonbury Abbey.[3][4]
The stone church underwent Victorian restoration and was extended in the middle of the 19th century for George Neville-Grenville by John Chessell Buckler who installed a new hammerbeam roof.[1][3]
Inside the church is a 15th century octagonal font and a Jacobean alter table along with several monuments and memorials. The largest, by Lucius Gahagan includes a poem by Robert Southey and is to three seafaring Hood brothers including Alexander Hood and Samuel Hood who were the sons of the Vicar of Butleigh.[3][5][6] There is also a Hood family chest tomb in the churchyard.[7]
The parish is part of the benefice of Baltonsborough with Butleigh, West Bradley and West Pennard within the Diocese of Bath and Wells.[3]
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- 1 2 3 "Church of St Leonard". Historic England. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ↑ "Church of St. Leonard". Images of England. Retrieved 24 October 2007.
- 1 2 3 4 "St Leonard, Butleigh". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ↑ Siraut, M. C.; Thacker, A. T.; Williamson, Elizabeth. "Parishes: Butleigh". British History Online. Victoria Coumnty History. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ↑ Hore, Peter (2015). Nelson's Band of Brothers: Lives and Memorials. Seaforth Publishing. pp. 24–25. ISBN 9781848327795.
- ↑ "Church Memorials". Butleigh. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ↑ "Hood family monument, 24 metres south of nave, Church of St. - Leonard". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 31 October 2015.