Church Of St Michael

NY 5614/5, 27/142

SHAP, JACKSON'S LANE (South side), Shap, Church of St Michael

06.02.68

G.V.

II

Parish Church. Probably dates from C12. Later additions and alterations: C13 side aisle; 1765 chancel rebuilt; 1828 west tower rebuilt; 1898-9 extensive restoration with north vestry and chancel rebuilt and south chapel added (date stone on south side). Ashlar and snecked rubble on chamfered plinth with stepped buttresses. Graduated slate roofs with stone copings and apex crosses. West tower, nave with south aisle, chancel with south chapel and north vestry. 2-stage tower with C19 double doors in surround with 4-centred head; louvred openings to 2nd stage; parapet castellated. 4-bay nave (extended to form baptistry on south side) and 2-bay chancel. Windows mainly multi-light (some original C16); single-light window to each end of north nave elevation. Interior: South arcade of 4 semicircular arches carried between stone columns with moulded plinths and capitals. 1899 carved wooden pulpit in north-east corner of nave. Re-used C17 communion rail with turned balusters. Octagonal stone pillar font at east end of south aisle presented by Mrs Bindloss in 1880; cylindrical polished granite font at west end of south aisle presented by Shap Granite Co. in 1899. Some early C20 glass.

Listing NGR: NY5639215338