St Leonard's Church

St Leonard: church set on the western slopes of Dartmoor
St Leonard: Perpendicular church of moorland granite dating from c.1450; formerly a chapelry of Bickleigh; restored c.1865
St Leonard: unbuttressed west tower with polygonal crocketed pinnacles
St Leonard: c15 nave with granite south arcade of depressed arches; roof restored c.1775
St Leonard: south aisle
St Leonard: screen of 1914 reconstructed from drawings of the c16 one destroyed in the 1865 restoration
St Leonard: detail of 1914 screen
St Leonard: memorial to members of the Elford family of Sheepstor starting with John d.1584
St Leonard: alabaster memorial probably to Elizabeth (nee Coplestone), d. c.1636, first wife of John Elford of Sheepstor; curtains drawn apart
St Leonard: Elizabeth (nee Coplestone of Warleigh), d. c.1636; baby at her side on couch
St Leonard: detail from the monument to Elizabeth Elford (nee Coplestone) d. c.1636; three kneeling daughters
St Leonard: skeleton detail from the monument to Elizabeth Elford (nee Coplestone) d. c.1636
St Leonard: fragment of memorial slab 1641; probably to a daughter of Walter Elford & Barbara Croker