Church Of St Michael is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. A Medieval Church.
Church Of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- knotted-threshold-candle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Michael is a parish church with a tower that dates partly to the 13th century, while the rest of the structure was built in the late 18th century and slightly Gothicized in the late 19th century. The older sections are made of dressed stone, and the newer parts are constructed from ashlar. The roof is covered with Scottish slate.
The church comprises a tower, nave, chancel, and a north vestry. The 13th-century tower features a single-light west window with a cusped head, broad offset angle buttresses, and a round-arched south doorway beneath a pent roof. The upper section of the tower is battlemented and includes simple arched bell openings that were added in the 18th century.
The nave has three bays, complete with a plinth, a sill band, and pointed-arched windows set in raised surrounds with impost blocks. The windows have thin Victorian wooden tracery, and the north wall of the nave is blank. The chancel consists of one bay with a polygonal apse and features a late Victorian Decorated east window.
The nave has a gabled roof with kneelers and splayed coping. Inside, the nave floor is significantly higher than that of the tower, resulting in a low but steeply-pointed tower arch with chamfers and plain imposts. The chancel arch is round and has a moulded keystone. There is a small font dated 1727, which has a slender, elaborately-decorated shaft and cherubs' heads on the bowl. Additionally, a 14th-century grave cover is set into the floor of the tower.
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