Building record 1085/1/1 - Church of St. Michael

13th and 14th century, Chancel by E.F. Law circa 1853. Squared coursed and regular coursed lias with lead and plain tile roof. Cruciform plan with west tower.

{1} Church. C13 and C14. Chancel by E.F. Low c.1853. Squared coursed and regular coursed lias with lead and plain tile roof. Cruciform plan with west tower. Chancel: South elevation of 3-window range of lancets, north elevation similar of 2-window range with projecting lean-to vestry. Triple lancet with quatrefoil above east window. Steeply pitched roof with ashlar gable parapet. South transept of 2-window range of lancets to east and west and 2-light window to south. Shallow-pitch roof with ashlar north transept similar. Nave: South elevation of 3-window range of 2-light clerestory window and one 2-light window at lower level. South porch, probably C19, has gabled roof with ashlar parapets and finial. North elevation similar with two 2-light windows at lower level. Shallow-pitched nave roof with ashlar parapets. Perpendicular west tower of 4 stages with 3-light west window in lowest stage. 2-light bell-chamber openings with castellated parapet above. Interior: Double chamf ed chancel and transept arches with octagonal responds. Triple-chamfered tower arch with octagonal respond. C19 coloured floor tiles to chancel. C19 roof structures in nave and chancel, that in nave has carved bosses with angels. C14 roof trusses in transepts. Monuments: North transept, Sir William Craven died 1707; large marble tablet flanked by columns supporting entablature with putti above; central armorial device with urn above. To left similar tablet to Maria Craven by Samuel Huskiss with arched columns with open pediment above. Central winged cherub with armorial device above. Black leger stones, also to Sir William Craven, at chapel steps are by Edward Stanton. C13 tomb recess also in south transept. Various C19 marble tablets in the nave. Barrel organ in south transept probably C19 by William Prowse. Font by Rickman 1821, octagonal bowl on panelled stern with angel heads under bowl. C19 stained glass to east window, north-east and south-east nave windows.

{3} The chancel was added around 1853 to the design of the architect E F Law. Its pavement comprises tiles donated to the church in August 1852 by their manufacturer, Herbert Minton.

{4} The Church of St Michael is a cruciform 13th cent building to which has been added a Perpendicular tower. The chancel was replaced by a Victorian one in 1853.

{6} Undated photo.

{7} In normal use. Both the north-west and south-west quoins of the nave show long and short work; suggesting a Saxon origin. The transepts are later additions.

{8} [Former list description] The tower has 4 stages, the lower part is probably Transitional or Early English and has flat corner buttresses. The 2 upper stages are Perpendicular with battlemented parapet. On the exterior of the N.W. corner of the nave is some long and short work. As it now stands, the church is mainly Early English and Perpendicular. The chancel was rebuilt in 1853 and the remainder restored in 1856.
The nave is Early English with early Perpendicular clerestory and roof. The transepts are Early English with Perpendicular timber roofs.
The nave roof has 5 bays, moulded tie beams on posts and brackets and wood tracery infilling, a large carved boss in the centre of each beam. The transept roofs have moulded beams forming panels with bosses at the intersections.
Each transept has an Early English tomb recess in the end wall, lancet windows on the side walls and a 2 light Early English window over the tomb recess.
In the N. transept are two monuments to the Craven family, one to Sir Willaim Craven, 1707, central inscription panel with segmental corners, a small cornice over supporting a cartouche of arms with delicately carved swags of flowers carried down to panel which is flanked by Corinthian columns supporting open
entablature with weeping child over each column; the central part is carried up as small segmental pediment with side scrolls and is surmounted by a large curved urn. The columns stand on carved plinths flanking further inscription panel and the base has outer extensions with small urns on pedestals.
The other Craven monument has illegible inscription panel in moulded architrave flanked by Roman Ionic columns supporting entablature with bolection frieze broken forward over columns, broken segmental pediment, side urns and central cartouche of arms.
The central panel is carried up into the frieze with a cherub's head. The columns have outer carved side scrolls and the whole stands on a plinth with carved supports under columns.

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Record last edited

Dec 17 2024 1:25PM