Diameter: 28.75" Bell 1 of 2
Founded by Robert I Wells 1766
Dove Bell ID: 50932 Tower ID: 18288 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Berwick St Leonard: St Leonard
Overview
Grid reference: ST 923 331
Chilnark stone is used for the dressings but, otherwise the walls are of rough flints with some Chilmark stone for infilling. The roof coverings are of fish-scale tiles. The general texture of the exterior walls is pleasant, and mediaeval masonry survives intact in places to a height of several feet.
Visiting and facilities
Building is closed for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Nave and chancel with a south-west tower-porch.
Description of Archaeology and History
12th century, extensively renewed or rebuilt in 1860. T.Wyatt built Fonthill Giffard and Hindon within 11 years of this date and could well have been responsible for this somewhat earlier piece of conservative reconstruction, although the plans are unsigned.
Exterior Description
Chilnark stone is used for the dressings but, otherwise the walls are of rough flints with some Chilmark stone for infilling. The roof coverings are of fish-scale tiles. The general texture of the exterior walls is pleasant, and mediaeval masonry survives intact in places to a height of several feet.
The three-bay nave is articulated by buttresses. On the north, two two-light windows with trefoiled heads in a square frame flank a blocked Norman north doorway of which the voussoir stones are chamfered and the lintel decorated with a band of rosettes. The north side of the (lower) chancel is lit by a window of the same type as those of the nave. Three ornate gable crosses rest on bases of intersecting gables. The west wall is pierced by a three-light window with heavily cusped intersecting tracery. The short stocky tower, its pyramidal roof lower than the ridge line of the nave roof, is supported by short angle buttresses. It bears trefoil-headed stone louvres on the three exposed faces, and on the south the opening is surmounted by a sundial. The upper stage of the tower is decorated with alternate bands of Chilmark stone and flint. To the east of the tower is a small polygonal projection with a tiled roof and a plain pointed chamfered doorway. The nave south wall has a two-light window identical in style to the other 19th century fenestration in the building. The south wall of the chancel possesses a pointed doorway of the same unmoulded type as the chamfered south porch doorway. The inner south doorway to the nave has a heavily moulded label above a chamfered arch which looks mediaeval. Above this arc the voussoirs of a blocked Norman arch and in the tympanum space above this is a 12th century sculptured relief of the Agnus Dei within a beaded circular border.
Interior
Interior Description
A 19th century nave and chancel interior. A simple unnoulded chancel arch has no decoration save a continuation of the chancel string course. An arched recess with a hollow chamfer in the nave north wall has been renewed. The church roof is steeply pitched and rests on small corbels. Either side of the east. window are painted the Decalogue, Lord's Prayer and Creed. On the south side of the chancel is a piscina set beneath a trefoiled recess. The mosaic floor of the sanctuary is composed of worn faded tesselae. There is also a curious square-headed recess at the south-east corner of the nave.
Fixtures and fittings
Pulpit
Polygonal stone pulpit projects by a short stone wall from the nave east wall. It has square-headed panels of blank ogee-headed arches in each face.
Font (object)
Circular bowl on circular stem, of stone.
Pew (object)
Pitch pine pews painted brown.
Stall
One poppy-head stall at the south-east corner of the nave.
Rail
Communion rails with heavy twisted balusters.
Bells
Diameter: 31.5" Bell 2 of 2
Founded by William Cockey 1725
Dove Bell ID: 50933 Tower ID: 18288 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: ST 923 331
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | N/A |
| Solar Thermal Panels | N/A |
| Biomass | N/A |
| Wind Turbine | N/A |
| Air Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ev Charging | N/A |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
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