St Leonard's Church, Sutton Veny

St Leonard's Church in Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England, was built in the 12th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II listed building,[1] and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] It was declared redundant on 28 May 1970, and was vested in the Trust on 27 October 1971.[3]

St Leonard's Church
Location	Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England
Coordinates	51°10′22″N 2°07′57″W
Built	12th century
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name	Church of St. Leonard
Designated	11 September 1968[1]
Reference no.	313442
Location of St Leonard's Church in Wiltshire

The cruciform church was started in the 12th century and revised in the 13th and 16th centuries,[1] and underwent a major restoration in 1831. It was originally linked to the Priory Church of St Mary, Abergavenny.[4] Subsidence because of low-lying damp ground caused further damage, which had been repaired by the addition of buttresses in the 14th and 15th century,[4] and by 1866 the decision was made to build a new church. This was dedicated to St John the Evangelist, designed by John Loughborough Pearson and built on higher ground 700 yards (640 m) to the north-west, opening in 1868.[4]

Only the chancel remains in usable condition and was used as a mortuary chapel; it contains benefaction boards, a bier, a font, and a bell, and there are memorials on the walls.[2] The nave, transepts and crossing are ruined, and among the ruins stands a 12th-century doorway, possibly repositioned.[5][4]

There are two yew trees south east of the church. One which is now largely decayed has a girth of 14 feet 10 inches (4.52 m); it is not known how large it was when the tree was healthy.[6]