Benchmark - St Leonard - Misterton, Leicestershire - U.K. and Ireland Trigpoints on Waymarking.com

A cut benchmark on the south west corner buttress of St Leonard's church tower, Misterton.

"Parish Church. C14, restored 1863 by William Smith. Coursed limestone and sandstone, with ashlar dressings. Lead roofs. West tower with spire, nave, north and south aisles, south porch, chancel. Continuous moulded plinth. Buttresses with set-offs. 3-stage tower with 2 string courses, cornice and ashlar broach spire. Angle buttresses. West elevation: double-moulded, pointed arch doorway, with hoodmould and double plank doors. Above in 3rd stage, a chamfered, pointed arch 2-light louvred bell-opening with hoodmould. North and east elevations with bell-openings. South elevation with bell-opening and plain, single-light window in 2nd stage. Octagonal spire has a 2-light louvred lucarne with pointed hood, and a smaller, single-light, louvred lucarne with pointed hood above, on 4 faces. Weathercock. Nave has coped parapet, cross finial on east gable and chimney stack on east wall. Clerestory: five 2-light windows in chamfered square frames. North aisle has coped parapet with 2 crocketed corner finials, and blank quatrefoil frieze along parapet. West wall has buttress against tower, and chamfered, pointed arch 3-light window with flowing tracery and hoodmould with headstops. North wall from west to east: diagonal buttress, followed by a moulded, pointed arch doorway with hoodmould and plank door, then a buttress , followed by a moulded, pointed arch 3-light window with reticulated tracery and hoodmould, then another buttress, another similar window, and a buttress with a small trefoiled niche with fluting above, and rising to crocketed finial. East wall has a moulded, pointed arch 4-light window with reticulated tracery. South aisle has embattled parapet and south-west diagonal buttress with crocketed finial. West wall has moulded, pointed arch 3-light window with intersecting tracery and hoodmould. South wall from west to east: diagonal buttress, then restored 2-storey south porch with concave cornice, diagonal buttresses and wide, double-chamfered, pointed arch doorway with hoodmould and C19 double gates. Above, 2-light window with chamfered square frame, flanked by 2 shallow, trefoiled niches with crockets. Porch inside vaulted with chamfered ribs. Heavily moulded, pointed arch south doorway with C19 double doors decorated with tracery. To east again, a chamfered, pointed arch, 3-light window with flowing tracery and hoodmould, followed by a buttress, then a similar window with hoodmould with left headstop, and a buttress with a small trefoiled niche, and finial above. East wall has moulded, pointed arch, 3-light window with reticulated tracery and hoodmould. Chancel has embattled parapet with cross finial on east gable. North wall, from west to east: a moulded, pointed arch, 3-light window with intersecting tracery and hoodmould, then a priest's doorway with chamfered, four-centred arch with flat hoodmould, and plank door. Then a moulded, four-centred arch, 3-light window with trefoiled lights and hoodmould, followed by a similar 3-light window with cinque foiled lights, then a buttress. South wall from west to east: a moulded, four- centred arch, 3-light window with trefoiled lights and hoodmould, followed by another, similar 3-light window with cinquefoiled lights, then a buttress. East wall has a moulded, four-centred arch, 5-light window with cinquefoiled lights and hoodmould, flanked by buttress."

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