Church Of St Michael

TA 17 SE BEMPTON CHURCH LANE (east side)

6/14 Church of St Michael 30.6.66 GV II *

Church. Early C13 nave arcades, C14 west tower, chancel 1829, C19 south porch. Major restorations 1870, 1906. Ashlar, brick chancel partly pebble dashed, slate roofs. 2-bay chancel, 4-bay aisled nave, south porch, and west tower. Chancel south wall has 2 windows of 3 round- headed lights under square head, round-headed south door between with datestone 1829 over. Plain 3-light square-headed window with mullions in north wall. 5-light east window with 3 round-headed lights above, under pointed arch with hood-mould. Nave windows have C19 cusped tracery. South clerestory has circular windows with cusped cross- tracery: on the north side, 2-light windows under flat heads. West tower of 2 plain lower stages and octagonal belfry stage, separated by stringcourses. 2-light belfry openings with Curvilinear tracery under battlemented parapet. West window of 2 trefoil-headed lights with quatrefoil over. Interior has timber chancel screen of about 1829: 4 square-section fluted columns carrying elliptical arches with keyblocks; panelling above incorporates Royal Arms. Nave arcade of double-chamfered round arches on alternating round and octagonal piers with round and octagonal abaci. Early C13 goblet-shaped font with stiff-leaf ornament to base. 2 bells, 1 of c.1361.

Listing NGR: TA1910972099