- Church of St Leonard, Marston Bigot
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Church of St Leonard 
Location within SomersetGeneral information Town or city Marston Bigot Country England Coordinates 51°12′13″N 2°21′05″W / 51.2035°N 2.3513°W Completed 1789 The Church of St Leonard in Marston Bigot, Somerset, England was built on the site of an older one and was opened to the public in 1789. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.[1]
It is dedicated to Leonard of Noblac.
The nave has three bays with semi-circular headed windows with heavily enriched surrounds and an elaborate hammerbeam roof. The stained glass in the east window dates from the 15th century and is from the abbey of Altenberg near Cologne, Germany. It depicts a scene from the early life of St Bernard, the driving force of the Cistercian order.[2]
It has a tower containing a peal of six bells.
The church was altered in 1844 by Edward Davis.
Henry Waldegrave, 11th Earl Waldegrave, was rector of the village from 1905–12, and lived in the rectory, which is also a listed building.[3]
See also
- List of Grade I listed buildings in Mendip
- List of towers in Somerset
References
- ^ "Church of St Leonard". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=266850. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
- ^ Rosewell, Roger (June 2007). "Chastity in Marston Bigot". Vidimus 8. ISSN 1752-0741. http://www.vidimus.org/archive/issue_8_2007/issue_8_2007-04.html. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
- ^ "The Rectory". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=266855. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
Categories:- 1789 architecture
- Grade I listed churches
- Grade I listed buildings in Somerset
- Church of England churches in Mendip
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