St Leonard at the Hythe

Traces of the English Civil War The medieval door of this old port church still bears the holes made by troops to put muskets through during the English Civil War. Over the nave is an elegant sixteenth-century hammerbeam roof and the north aisle roof is even older. The eighteenth and nineteenth-century screens and furnishings, the (1901) mural decoration over the chancel arch, and an array of saints in stained glass create a handsome and devotional interior. - See more at: https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/church-listing/st-leonard-colchester.html#sthash.H7DlQSXW.dpuf