Description

MICHAELSTOW MICHAELSTOW
SX 07 NE
6/113 Church of St Michael
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17.12.62
GV I

Parish church. Possibly C13 origins enlarged in C15. Restored in 1826, in 1870-1889
by Messrs Hine and Odgers and in 1982. Stone rubble with granite quoins and moulded
granite plinth and strings to west tower. Slate roofs, nave and chancel in one.
Plan: Nave and chancel possibly with C13 origins with 4 bay north aisle and 5-bay
south aisle added in C15. Circa C15 south porch and west tower.
Exterior : Unbuttressed west tower of 3 stages with rectangular stair turret on
north. Battlemented parapets with crocketted finials surmounted by crosses. Moulded
stilted arch to west door. C19 3 light west window and 2-light belfry openings with
slate louvres. C19 tracery in south aisle, simple 3-light Perpendicular tracery in
chancel window and circa C15 3-light Perpendicular window with cusped heads at east
end of north aisle. Piscina on exterior of north wall of chancel. 3 C15
Perpendicular windows in north aisle and blocked 4-centred moulded arch to north
door. South porch has 2-centred hollow chamfered arch with sundial of 1684, C15
waggon roof and moulded basket arch of Catacleuse stone with hollow chamfer and
carved with floral motifs.
Interior : Plaster walls. Unceiled C15 waggon roofs in nave and north and south
aisles with carved ribs and wall plate partly restored. Particularly high quality
carving in north aisle with evidence of pendants at east end. C19 roof to chancel.
5-bay arcade to south aisle and 4-bay arcade to north aisle with granite type A
(Pevsner) piers, moulded bases, moulded 4-centred arches and carved capitals of
Caenstone and Polyphant stone. Piscina and credence in chancel, circa C15 font and
Royal Arms dated 1727, painted on timber board. Circa C15 bench ends rescued from
Church of St Tudius, St Tudy. Other benches 1882. 2 commandment boards dated 1803
and signed Henry Hocken and Wm Symons, Churchwardens. Bell dated 1550. C16 and C17
memorials.
Maclean, Sir John Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg
Minor in the County of Cornwall 1879
Pevsner, N and Radcliffe, E The Buildings of England, Cornwall 2nd edition, 1970
Church guide.

Listing NGR: SX0807378868

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17529323

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Recommended Books

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)