Description

AUGHTON CHURCH LANE
SD 30 NE
7/12 Church of St Michael
11-10-1968
GV I

Church. C14 with mid C12 and C13 remains, C15 north arcade, and mid C16
north aisle. Restored 1876 when C15 chancel rebuilt. Squared sandstone
with stone slate roof. Comprises a nave, south porch, lower chancel, a
north tower with stone spire between a north aisle and north chapel, and
a north vestry. The west nave window is of 4 lights with reticulated
tracery, restored in the C19. The west window of the north aisle is of 4
lights with transom and tracery under a 4-centred head. In the south wall
of the nave are 3 early C20 windows of 2 lights with reticulated tracery
under flat heads. Above and to the right of the porch is a window of 3
lights under a flat head. The porch is gabled and has a pointed chamfered
outer doorway. The inner doorway is C15, moulded and pointed. To the
right of the porch, partly covered by a buttress, are the remains of a
mid C12 doorway, of 2 plain orders with angle shafts and scalloped
capitals. The south chancel wall is of 3 bays and has 3-light windows
with tracery under pointed heads. The east window is of 5 lights with
transom and tracery under a Tudor-arched head. The east window of the
north chapel is of 3 trefoiled lights under a flat head. Above it is a
window of 3 pointed lights under a flat head. The north aisle has 4
windows of 3 lights with intersecting tracery under round heads. At the
base of the tower is a pointed window of 2 lights with restored Y-
tracery. The tower is broached to an octagonal bell stage which has
openings of 2 trefoiled lights with a quatrefoil under a pointed head.
Interior: north arcade of 4 bays with pointed arches chamfered in 2
orders springing from octagonal columns with capitals. To the east is a
tower arch, chamfered in 3 orders dying into splayed reveals. The nave
roof is C16 and of 8 bays, with arch-braces down to short wall posts and
up to collars with central pendant bosses. The windbraces are straight
and the principals are joined by a yoke below the ridge. The north aisle
roof, of 6 bays, is similar but has cusped windbraces and no bosses. At
the east end of the north aisle is a pointed tower arch, with the line of
the roof of an earlier narrow aisle above. In the north wall of the tower
is a recess with cusped and moulded arch. Between the north chapel and
the chancel are 2 moulded pointed arches of C19 date. In the north aisle
of the chancel is a C19 tomb chest in a gothic style, in a recess with
cusped arch and crocketed gable. The C19 chancel roof is of 6 bays with
arch-braced collar trusses rising from corbels alternately carved with
angels. The C18 communion rails are turned and fluted. The C19 timber
pulpit is elaborately carved with tracery and figures.

Listing NGR: SD3914705417

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Michael's Church, Aughton at Wikipedia
• St Michael's Church, Aughton official website
• Wikidata Q7594737

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)