Church of St Michael and All Angels, Leaden Roding (EHER 4368)

The nave and chancel are late 11th century. In the 13th century the chancel was rebuilt and widened. The north wall of the nave was rebuilt in the 14th century, and the west bell-turret added in the late 15th or early 16th century. The south porch and north vestry were added in the 19th century when the church was generally restored and the south wall of the nave rebuilt.

Monument description derived from merging EHER 4368, 4369, and 37363. Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels stands to the west of the village. Walls of flint-rubble and freestone, with limestone dressings. The nave is probably late 11th century, the chancel was rebuilt and widened in the 13th century. In the 14th century the nave north wall was rebuilt. The bell-turret was probably built late in the 15th or early in the 16th century. The windows are 13th, 14th and 15th centuries. There is a late 11th century doorway. The nave roof is early 16th century, the bell turret timbers are late 15th or early 16th century. One bell is dated 1523, there is 14th century stained glass, an early 14th century piscina, the poor box has 15th or early 16th century wood, the pulpit and seating are early 16th century. <1> According to Pevsner the pulpit is 15th century. <2> Doorways also include a 14th century doorway. The font is 14th century. This source dates the pulpit to the early 16th century. The church was restored in the 19th century when the north vestry and south porch were added and part of the south wall of the nave rebuilt. A chest, the communion table and rail are mid-17th century. There is a floor slab of 1682 an plate of 1662. The poor box lid is 17th century. Grade II*. <3> St Michael and All Angels' Church [NAT]. <4> See: <5>