Description

WINTERBOURNE STEEPLETON SY 68 NW STEEPLETON VILLAGE

8/154 Church of St Michael 26-1-56 GV I

Parish Church. C11 quoins to nave, C12 nave rebuilt, C14 west tower and porch, C15 chancel, C17 and C18 alterations, blockings and repairs. West Tower, Nave, Chancel, South porch. Rubble-stone walls with Ham stone dressings. Slate roofs. Nave retains long-and-short work quoins, C12 north and south doorways, north blocked, both plain with roll-moulded label. Fenestration is C15, windows of 3 cinquefoiled lights with vertical tracery in a two-centred head. Labels and head-stops. South wall at west end has an early C18 window of 2 lights for the west gallery. West Tower, 3 stages, 2 stages diagonal buttresses, surmounted by a plain parapet. Later (C18) octagonal stone spire with corner pinnacles. Chancel: has a C15 south window of 2 cinquefoiled lights with vertical tracery in a 2-centred head with a label. C19 east window. South porch has a C14 outer entrance with chamfered jambs and a 2-centred head under a label. For full architectural description and fittings; see: (RCHM Dorset II, p.395(1))

Listing NGR: SY6291289806

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets