This week we go to St Leonard Waterstock again to see inside the church, on my last visit the church was locked due to the virus but like many other churches it is now open again. I was interested to see what it was like inside as the outside showed great promise
The porch door was open a good sign
Inside a view shows the chancel and north chapel
Going to the back of the church you look down the nave to the chancel
The chancel was quite dark due to the south window being removed and boarded off, there is a structural crack running down the wall though the window that I spotted outside when I first visited
The altar dressed with vases of flowers
The east window the main light to the chancel, the overheads I could find now switch for
Behind the altar this beautiful mural
With the last supper the centrepiece
Either side Moses stands with the ten commandments with other figures with their names underneath
The other side shows St John the saints beside him
A ladder to one side takes you to the bell loft
Carving on the font
Behind on the wall a verse from the bible
Above a stained glass window shins light on to the font
In the north chapel you can see the organ
While the other end you see this fellow looking down on you
He looks rather creepy to me
Is mane is George Croke who happened to be a Sir but did not want to be buried with his title
The inscription is in Latin but you can make out he died in 1641 though the link I found above shows 1642
As you enter the chapel a couple of old headstones lean by the wall
By the east wall an odd looking table which happens to be a byre
There are a few memorials around the church this one the inscription is hard to read
Memorial to Elinor and Edward Lewis
William Henry Ashhurst
Commemorative plaque
A beautiful looking Roll of honour
Wit the words hand written
A very faded list beside it list those from WWII
This stained glass window in the north chapel show the coasts of arms from the Asshehurst famil
Each one showing the name of one of the family
This window looks down on the chapel
Statues can be seen on either side
8 comments:
What a lovely church!
An interesting old church, full of history.
Wonderful to look at.
It certainly was William
Yes after seeing the outside I thought it might prove interesting inside
Thank you Jim
Great pictures!I hope you download your posts and compile a book for posterity.
I do save the blog data but I think downloading all the blogs would be a bit of a monumental task
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