Church Of St Michael is a Grade II* listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1954. A Victorian Church.
Church Of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- plain-solder-rook
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1954
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Victorian
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
S06376 582-1/10/129
HOPTON WAFERS Church of St Michael
12/11/54
GV II* Church. 1827, restored 1892. Built for Thomas Botfield. Sandstone ashlar, with ashlar plinth. Slate roof with projecting eaves and verge supported on ornamental eaves corbels.
PLAN: nave incorporating chancel, south porch, west tower.
EXTERIOR: nave east window and four opposing side windows all in arched C19 Gothic-style, with mullions and simple foiled tracery. One south window covered by south porch with arched entrance opening and semi-castellated parapet. Tower: Romanesque-style round-headed windows with simple ornament at upper and lower stages. String courses. Roundel in middle stage to south. Parapet with pointed crenellation and corner pinnacles, over weathered string course.
INTERIOR: late C19 four-bay hammerbeam roof and chancel screen. West gallery with cast-iron embellishment. C12 font. Wall monument to Thomas Botfield d.1843 by EH Baily: large relief of reclining and kneeling figures. Other Classical wall monuments to John Hale d.1779; James Stanton and Ann his wife d.1817 by T Hare; Mrs Mary Hyde d.1778. West tower has fragment of C15 glass depicting angel.
Listing NGR: SO6373476544
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