Description

SP 0937 BROADWAY CP CHURCH STREET (east side) 8/13 Church of St Michael 30.7.59 GV II Church. 1839, by H Eginton, restored 1890. Limestone ashlar with tile roof. Comprises a west tower, nave with clerestorey, north and south aisles under pitched roofs, lower chancel, and north and south porches at east ends of aisles. The tower is of four stages divided by string courses and has angle buttresses and a solid parapet. The corner pinnacles have niches. The bell openings are each of two pointed lights with angle shafts. The west wall has a lancet window within a blind arcade of three pointed arches. Above is a clock. The west doorway is moulded and pointed with angle shafts and has a gabled hood with poppyhead. The west windows of the aisles are of two pointed lights under pointed heads with quatrefoils. The aisles are of five bays separated by buttresses and have lancet windows. The porches have angle buttresses, moulded pointed doorways, and small triple stepped lancets under their gables. The chancel is of two bays and has pointed windows with angle shafts. The east window has triple stepped lancets with angle shafts. The north-east buttress is inscribed: "1839". Interior: tower contains stair with stick balusters leading to west gallery. Five- bay arcades of pointed arches chamfered in two orders spring from round piers each with four engaged shafts. Plastered quadripartite vaults, probably added in 1890, spring from wall shafts. The west gallery contains an organ. The chancel arch is pointed and chamfered in two orders. The timber chancel screen is a memorial to the dead of the First World War. The chancel has carved timber choir stalls and a stone reredos. Windows contain early and mid-C20 glass. The timber pulpit, although restored, appears to be of c1600, and has carved decoration and a sounding board.

Listing NGR: SP0948237335

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