Parish Church Of St Michael is a Grade II* listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1967. Church.
Parish Church Of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-screen-frost
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1967
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Michael is a parish church that dates back to the 13th century, with 18th-century elements and restoration completed in 1878. It is constructed of rubblestone with dressings and features a weatherboarded bellcote topped with a copper roof, while the other roofs are covered with plain clay tiles. The church consists of a two-bay chancel, a three-bay nave, and a west bellcote, along with a south porch.
The east wall of the chancel has three lancet windows, and the south wall features two windows separated by a weathered buttress, each containing one cusped light with hood moulds. The north wall has a modern door leading to the vestry and a single window with a cinquefoil light. The nave has two windows on the north wall with Y-tracery, while the south side has two cusped two-light windows with the porch situated between them. The north wall contains a doorway. The west wall has a blocked 13th-century window that is covered by a 15th-century buttress. The church has weathered buttresses at the northwest angle and on the south and north walls of the nave. The bellcote features louvred openings on each face and a pyramidal roof.
Inside, there is an aumbry on the north wall of the chancel. The chancel arch has 13th-century responds, but the arch itself was replaced by a timber arch in 1878. There are two slender shafts with rough caps, one of which has a grotesque head. Each inner shaft is terminated by corbels. The nave roof consists of collar-beam trusses, some of which are original. The stained glass includes a 13th-century depiction of a seated Christ with a box of nard in the east centre lancet of the chancel, and a notable window by Farrar Bell from 1969 located in the northeast of the nave.
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