Church of St. Michael is a Grade II* listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1952. Church. 3 related planning applications.

Church of St. Michael

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Country
England
Date first listed
6 February 1952
Type
Church
Source
Historic England listing

Description

The Church of St. Michael is a building with a 13th-century foundation, although it was extensively restored and rebuilt between 1896 and 1897 by C.C. Rolfe in an Early English style. It is constructed of flint with Bath stone dressings, with tile hanging to the belfry and a lead roof, and a tiled main roof. The church includes a nave, chancel, north aisle, and south porch, featuring a steeply pitched roof with gable parapets and a short, square belfry over the west end.

The south elevation has a two-light window to the left, a gabled south porch, a five-light square-headed window with a label mould, and a two-light window under a two-centred arched label mould. The east end features three simple lancet windows.

Inside, the church has six bays with a double purlin roof on trusses displaying arch braces to ties and queen struts above. A simple arcade of three wide arches leads to the north aisle. A carved timber rood screen, incorporating a rood and figures of Mary and John, was created by Harry Hems of Exeter. Within the chancel lies a weathered stone effigy of a crusader knight. Beneath the belfry are two re-set 18th-century memorials. To the left is a white and grey marble casket surmounted by an urn, commemorating Mrs. Audrey Brickerden and Mrs. Catherine Fisher, who died in 1727 and 1728 respectively. To the right is a brown, grey, and white marble memorial, in the form of a pedimented casket on a base flanked by flaming urns, dedicated to John Fisher of Bristol, who died in 1765. The building has group value.

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