SP2656 : Side by Side
taken 8 years ago, near to Charlecote, Warwickshire, England
St Leonard’s Church, on the edge of Charlecote Park, is on the site of an earlier 12th century church, which similar to many others was demolished during the Victorian period. The present church is an entirely Victorian building dating from 1851, instigated and paid for by Mrs Mary Elizabeth Lucy, whose family owned Charlecote Park. The church contains the Lucy family vault.
John Gibson designed the church and Mrs Lucy laid the foundation stone during April 1850. Erected from blocks of ashlar stone, a large rectangular dressed stone with even faces and square edges the church remains much the same as when Mrs Lucy planned it (Link Connecting the Cotswolds).
The church is a Grade I Listed Building (English Heritage ID:482194 Link British Listed Buildings).