Bell Tower - St Leonard - Thorpe Langton, Leicestershire - Bell Towers on Waymarking.com

Bell tower of St Leonard's church, Thorpe Langton, with a ring of 3 bells.

Thorpe Langton, Leicestershire S Leonard
Bells
Bell	Weight	Nominal	Note	Diameter	Dated	Founder	Canons	Turning
1	3-3-10	1282.5	E	26.00"	1884	John Taylor & Co	Y
2	5-1-1	1159.5	D	28.88"	1884	John Taylor & Co	Y
3	6-3-10	1027.0	C	32.25"	1884	John Taylor & Co	R

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"The chapel of ST. LEONARD stands on rising ground in the south-west of the village, and is approached by a cul-de-sac. Before the late 18th century the old manor-house and perhaps the village were close to the chapel, and the road which now runs into a field on the east side of the churchyard was one of the village streets. The building, which is of ironstone with limestone dressings, consists of clerestoried chancel and nave, north and south aisles, north porch, and west tower and spire. There is a modern vestry against the south wall of the tower.

The rubble walling of a 13th-century building is visible in the spandrels of the south arcade, at the western ends of both arcades against the tower, and possibly in the bases of the arcade piers. Four reset corbels in the south aisle are of c. 1200. The tower, of three stages surmounted by a small broach spire, was built later in the 13th century. The spire has pinnacles on each broach, four two-light openings near the base, and smaller openings towards the apex. Two-light openings under single arches but with unpierced spandrels light the belfry stage. There are angle buttresses, and a single lancet window in the lowest stage; the west door has been modernized.

The clerestory was added in the late 15th century to both nave and chancel, and with it a low-pitched roof. The pitch of the earlier nave roof is visible on the tower. The junction of earlier masonry with that of the clerestory in the chancel and the disproportionate height of the east window in the south aisle both suggest that the side walls may have been lowered before the clerestory was added.

The building was restored in 1867, at a cost of about £1,000 provided by the Hanbury charity, by Joseph Goddard of Leicester. Mrs. Elizabeth Roberts of Guilsborough (Northants.) gave £300 for the restoration of the east end and the installation of the present east window.The north aisle was rebuilt and a north porch was added while much of the early tracery and mouldings were replaced. The roof was repaired in 1914. The stained glass in the east window of the south aisle is a memorial to George E. Kendall (d. 1926)."

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Address of Tower: St Leonard Church Lane Thorpe Langton , Leicestershire England LE16 7TR Still Operational: yes Number of bells in tower?: 3 Relevant website?: [Web Link] Rate tower: Not listed Tours or visits allowed in tower?: Not listed

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