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Latitude: 52.3387 / 52°20'19"N
Longitude: -2.1708 / 2°10'14"W
OS Eastings: 388457
OS Northings: 271193
OS Grid: SO884711
Mapcode National: GBR 1DG.9ZH
Mapcode Global: VH922.BH70
Entry Name: Church of St Michael
Listing Date: 18 March 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1100658
English Heritage Legacy ID: 157084
Location: Rushock, Wyre Forest, Worcestershire, WR9
County: Worcestershire
District: Wyre Forest
Civil Parish: Rushock
Traditional County: Worcestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Worcestershire
Church of England Parish: Rushock
Church of England Diocese: Worcester
RUSHOCK CP CHURCH HILL (east side)
SO 87 SE
10/94 Church of St Michael
GV II
Parish church. 1756-1758 by Roger Eykyn, or possibly Thomas Farnolls
Pritchard, restored 1872. Sandstone ashlar with tile roofs. Nave with
short transepts, chancel and west tower. West tower: three stages with
crenellated parapet, 2-centred head to belfry window; 2-light window with
Y-tracery to first stage. Ground floor: ogee label to Tudor arch doorhead,
fanlight and 2-leaf panelled door. Nave: two bays, two windows have Y-tracery,
transept has a stone coped verge to gable and a Y-tracery window; chancel:
east window of 1872 has two trefoiled lights under a 2-centred head.
Interior: west gallery on plain wooden posts; interior of east window has
engaged respond shafts. Nave roof of five bays with arch braced collars
supporting king-posts to trusses. Fittings mainly of 1872. Tower staircase
has (late Cl7?) splat balusters; some C17 panelling is re-used as fixed
benches under west gallery. (BoE, p 257; Colvin, H: A Biographical Dictionary
of British Architects 1600 - l840, (second edition 1978), p 304; Hereford &
Worcester Record Office, BA 8693).
Listing NGR: SO8845771193
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