Church of St Leonard, Birdingbury

Church of St Leonard, Birdingbury interior, 2018 | Image courtesy of Anne Langley
Church of St Leonard, Birdingbury interior, 2018
Image courtesy of Anne Langley
Description of this historic site

The Church of St Leonard which was largely rebuilt during the Imperial period. It is situated on Main Street, Birdingbury.

Notes about this historic site

1 Nave, choir and apse, with an internal porch and vestry at the W end of the nave. Built about the end of the 18th century and enlarged and gothicised in 1873. Ashlar with the apse of coursed rubble. The W end is of classical design and the remainder gothic. Octagonal bellcote of stone.
2 Drawing shows the 18th century classical church prior to alterations.
3 A Georgian front with four Doric pilasters and pediment and an octagonal cupola. The rebuilding of 1873 raised the roof, dwarfed the facade, altered the windows, and added a full-blown Gothic polygonal apse, thickly shafted, and vaulted. 18th century font and pulpit.
5 Church guidebook.
6 Letter relating to 5.

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