2017

SO5663 : Leysters church

taken 7 years ago, near to Leysters, County of Herefordshire, England

Leysters church
Leysters church
Leysters church is dedicated St Andrew and is Grade I listed. The church dates from the 12th century and stands on high ground near the Herefordshire Worcestershire border; one of a number of isolated churches in an area of the Bromyard Downs which have suffered depopulation since medieval times when sheep farming was widespread.

Historic England description
LAYSTERS CP SO 56 SE 8/31 Church of St Andrew 11.6.59 I Parish church. C12 nave, C13 chancel and west tower, restored during late C19 when organ chamber and south porch added. Sandstone rubble with dressings of the same material, C20 tiled roof. West tower, nave with south porch and chancel with north organ chamber. West tower: three stages with pyramidal roof, single restored lancets to south and west, square headed loop vents to bell stage, two to south and one to west. Nave: 2-light C19 traceried windows flank C19 south porch; C12 south doorway has moulded jambs and shouldered lintel with a roll moulding, semi-circular headed arch and plain tympanum. Two 2-light C19 windows to north side. Chancel: C19 trefoil headed light with label to south to right of blocked doorway with two-centred arched head and chamfered jambs. Three-light C19 east window. Interior: late C14 roof to nave of eight bays with arch-braced collar-beam trusses, moulded wall-plates and two-and-a-half tiers of cusped wind-braces. Three-bay C17 roof to chancel with open arch-braced collar-beam trusses. Plain semi-circular headed tower arch. There is no chancel arch. Fittings: C12 font with circular tapering bowl on later base. (RCHM, Vol 3, p 103, BoE, p 213).
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SO5663, 79 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Philip Halling   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 25 May, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 31 May, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 5683 6325 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:15.9423N 2:38.0396W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 5685 6325
View Direction
West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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