Church Of St Michael And All Angels is a Grade I listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1966. A C14 Church. 1 related planning application.
Church Of St Michael And All Angels
- WRENN ID
- moated-stair-larch
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1966
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a church dating from the early 14th century, with alterations in the late 15th century, likely funded by Sir Hugh Calveley. It is constructed of coursed stone rubble to the south aisle and tower, uncoursed stone rubble to the nave, with lead roofs. The church comprises a three-bay chancel, a six-bay nave, a south aisle, and a south tower.
The south tower has a two-centred arched doorway with a hood mould and double-leaf doors featuring Perpendicular wood tracery ribbing. There are two-light reticulated tracery windows on the south aisle and the west side of the tower. Stone mullion windows with cusped lights are located to the left of the nave, while a two-light stone mullion window with Perpendicular heads to the lights is found to the right of the chancel. A two-light reticulated tracery window illuminates the east end of the south aisle, and a five-light Perpendicular tracery window faces the east end of the chancel. The north side of the nave features a two-centred arched doorway with a hood mould and carved end stops. Reticulated tracery windows are also present on the north nave, with a three-light intersecting tracery window on the north chancel, next to a window of unusual reticulated tracery. The west end has a round-arched doorway with a hood mould, carved end stops, and a central boss, leading to ribbed double-leaf doors. Above the doorway is a three-light stone mullion window with Perpendicular heads and a hood mould, while the top stage of the tower has two-light reticulated tracery louvred openings on each side, topped by a battlemented parapet.
Inside, the chancel has an arch-braced collar-truss roof with moulded ribs, a mid-collar purlin, and carved bosses. A recess to the right of the east window features a stone tracery vault. Also present are a 19th-century piscina and a two-seat sedillia. A two-centred segmental arch with a hood mould and carved faces to end stops leads to the aisle. There are 19th-century choir stalls, an altar rail, and a tile floor. The nave also boasts an arch-braced collar-truss roof with moulded ribs, a mid-collar purlin, and carved bosses, alongside an octagonal, 19th-century stone font with quatrefoil panels. A lean-to roof once covered the south aisle, a portion of which is now a vestry. 14th-century intaglio glass is found in the east window, and many pews are of 14th-century origin.
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