St Leonard's Church, Berwick St Leonard

St Leonard's Church
Location Berwick St Leonard, Wiltshire, England
Coordinates 51°05′51″N 2°06′37″W / 51.09750°N 2.11028°W / 51.09750; -2.11028Coordinates: 51°05′51″N 2°06′37″W / 51.09750°N 2.11028°W / 51.09750; -2.11028
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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Historic England, "Church of St. Leonard (1318783)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 April 2015
  2. 1 2 St Leonard's Church, Berwick, Wiltshire, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 31 March 2011
  3. ↑ Diocese of Salisbury: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, pp. 1–2, retrieved 31 March 2011
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "Fonthill Bishop". Nadder Valley Focus. Retrieved 3 October 2010.


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