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St Michael's Church, Bracewell

St Michael's Church is in Bracewell Lane, Bracewell, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Skipton, the archdeaconry of Craven, and the Diocese of Leeds. Its benefice is united with those of Holy Trinity, Barnoldswick, and St Mary le Ghyll, Barnoldswick. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. History St Michael's was built in 1143 as a chantry chapel for the Tempest family, and became a parish church in 1153. Fabric from this period remains, but most of the church dates from the 15th or early 16th century. The base of the tower has been converted into a remembrance chapel. Architecture The church is constructed in stone, with stone slate roofs. Its plan consists of a nave and chancel under a single roof, a north aisle, a south porch, and a west tower. The tower is in two stages, with a two-light west window in the lower stage and two-light bell openings in the upper stage. The parapet is corbelled and embattled. The round-headed south doorway is Norman in style. Also on the south side of the church are two two-light straight-headed windows. On the north side are four windows containing three arched lights under straight heads. The chancel also has a three-light east window. Inside the church is a two-bay arcade carried in octagonal piers. The chancel arch is Norman, with scalloped capitals. The font is also Norman, and the pulpit and altar rails are Jacobean. The pews are more modern, and were made by Robert Thompson. Some of the windows contain 14th-century stained glass. See also Grade I listed buildings in Lancashire Grade I listed churches in Lancashire Listed buildings in Bracewell and Brogden References
St Michael's Church, Chester

St Michael's Church is a redundant church standing on the corner of Bridge Street and Pepper Street in the city of Chester, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. The former church was previously used as a heritage centre, until March 2019, when it opened as Chester: A Life Story, a historical attraction tracing the life of Chester and its inhabitants over the last two thousand years. It was then reopened in 2021 as Sick To Death, a historical attraction depicting the journey of medicine through the ages. History A church on the site was burnt down in the great fire of Chester in 1188. It is not known when a stone church was first built but the chancel was built in 1496. The churchwardens' accounts show that the church was almost completely rebuilt in 1582. During the Siege of Chester in the 1640s the church was used as a prison. In 1678 the chancel was widened and in 1710 a steeple 70 feet (21 m) high was built. Much of the church was rebuilt by James Harrison in 1849–50. It was declared redundant in 1972. It was acquired by Chester City Council and in 1975 opened as Britain's first heritage centre. Its parish registers from 1560 have survived. Architecture The church is built in yellow sandstone with a grey slate roof. Its plan consists of a west tower, a nave with a north aisle, and a chancel. The tower is in three stages. The south end of Bridge Street Row passes through the open first stage of the tower, with stone steps up to the row to the north and down to the pavement to the south. The second stage has two-light windows with a clock face on the west side and a blank clock-face panel to the south. The third stage has bell openings, above which is a string course with gargoyles. On the top is a crenellated parapet with eight crocketed pinnacles and a wind vane. The south wall is also crenellated. On the chancel gable is a finial cross. Internally the 15th-century north arcade with octagonal piers, and the chancel roof of 1496, have been retained. In the church is a monument to Roger Comberbach, who died in 1771, by Benjamin Bromfield. The stained glass in the window at the east end of the north aisle is by Clayton and Bell. See also Grade II listed buildings in Chester (central) List of works by James Harrison References External links Media related to St Michael's Church, Chester at Wikimedia Commons https://chesterlifestory.co.uk/
St Michael's Church, Coppenhall

St Michael's Church is in the Coppenhall area of Crewe, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Nantwich. History A timber-framed church was built on the site around 1373. The structure of the present church dates from 1883 to 1886 when the chancel was built to a design by James Brooks. The nave was added to a design by J. Brooks, Son and Adkins in 1907–10. Architecture Exterior The church is built in red brick with slate roofs. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, transepts and a chancel with an organ to its north and a chapel to its south. Over the crossing is a copper-covered flèche. The church is built on a blue brick plinth and has a stone cill band and stone lancet windows. Interior To the west of the church is the baptistery which contains a marble font with an oak crocketted cover. The reredos is painted in the style of an icon. The pulpit is of oak. On the walls are alabaster memorials and timber Stations of the Cross. The three-manual organ was built around 1900 by Forster and Andrews, and rebuilt in 1977 with alterations, by Sixsmith. The organ was rebuilt in 2017, again by Sixsmith, taking the opportunity to remove any asbestos in the structure. External features The churchyard contains the double war grave of the twin Villiers-Russell brothers, Senior Sick Berth Attendants of the Royal Navy Auxiliary Reserve, who died in the torpedoing of HMS Formidable during World War I, in 1915. See also Listed buildings in Crewe References
St Michael's Church, Cockerham

St Michael & All Angels Church is located to the southwest of the English village of Cockerham, Lancashire. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Lancaster, the archdeaconry of Lancaster and Morecambe, and the diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice is combined with those of Christ Church, Glasson, and St Luke, Winmarleigh. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. History The oldest surviving part of the original church building is the tower, which dates from the 16th century. The body of the church had been rebuilt in 1814, and this was replaced again in 1910–11 by the Lancaster architects Austin and Paley. This replacement cost £5,000 (equivalent to £510,000 in 2025). Architecture Exterior The body of the church is constructed in sandstone rubble, the tower in ashlar, and the roof is slated. The plan consists of a five-bay nave with a clerestory and a two-bay chancel under a continuous roof, north and south aisles, a south transept with a vestry, and a west tower. The tower is in three stages with diagonal buttresses and a battlemented parapet. On the south side is a stair turret. In the tower is a west doorway with a round arch, a three-light west window, and three-light bell openings. The windows in the sides of the aisles and clerestory corresponding to the nave have two lights, and those corresponding to the chancel have three lights. The east window has four lights containing Perpendicular tracery and ogee quatrefoils. Interior Inside the church, the arcades between the nave and the aisles are carried on octagonal piers with no capitals. In the chancel is a piscina and a double sedilia. The stained glass in the east window was made by Morris & Co. and depicts the Four Evangelists; the figures of Saint Matthew and Saint John are based on cartoons by Ford Madox Brown, that of Saint Mark by Edward Burne-Jones, and that of Saint Luke by William Morris. The two-manual pipe organ was made in about 1830, possibly by Renn and Boston. External features In the churchyard is the 18th-century base of a sundial, which is listed at Grade II. The churchyard also contains the war graves of a British and a Canadian soldier of World War I. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Lancashire Listed buildings in Cockerham List of ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1895–1914) References
St Michael's Church, Churchill

St Michael's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Churchill in Oswaldslow, Worcestershire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. History The church dates from the 14th century, and contains fragments of masonry from an earlier church building on the site. It was restored in 1863, and there was another restoration in 1910. The Parishes of White Ladies Aston and Churchill were merged in 1924 to form a Joint Benefice with Churchill church became a Chapel of Ease. The building was modernised in 1955 when electricity was installed. By the 1990's extensive repairs were required which were beyond the scope of the small population. In April 1999 the church was vested into the hands of the Churches Conservation Trust. Architecture The plan of St Michael's consists of a nave with a south porch, and a chancel. At the west end is a bellcote. Each wall of the nave contains a single window. Inside the church, the font dates from the 15th century. The pulpit dates from the 17th century, and the communion rail is in Jacobean style. The chancel screen and the lectern were moved from Great Malvern Priory at the time of the 1910 restoration. The oldest monument is dated 1688. There are two bells, one of which dates from the 15th century. See also List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the English Midlands References
St Michael's Church, Coston

St Michael's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the hamlet of Coston, in the civil parish of Runhall, Norfolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church stands in an isolated position. History St Michael's dates mainly from the 13th century. A battlemented parapet was added to the tower in the 15th century, and the south porch was built in the 16th century. The east wall has been rebuilt, possibly in the late 18th century. Architecture The church is constructed in flint with ashlar dressings. The roofs are slated or tiled. Parts of the walls are rendered. Its plan is simple, consisting of a nave without aisles, a chancel, a south porch, and a west tower. The church is in Early English style. The tower is in three stages with short angle buttresses. The two-light bell openings contain Y-tracery. At the summit is a battlemented parapet decorated with flushwork. There are two lancet windows in the north and south walls of the nave, and two similar windows in the north and south sides of the chancel. The east window has three lights and a flat head. The porch is in flint and brick, and contains some brick diapering. Inside the church, the chancel arch is decorated with carved knots. The pulpit is in carved wood, and in the church are box pews. The font dates from the 15th century and is undecorated. See also List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the East of England Norfolk Cathedral References
St Michael's Church, Cotham

St Michael's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Cotham, Nottinghamshire, England. The building dates back to the 12th century. Status and position The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church stands in a now isolated position in a field, set well back from the road. History St Michael's Church originated in the 12th century, with additions and alterations in the 14th and 15th centuries. The tower and the west part of the nave were demolished in the later part of the 18th century. The church was partly rebuilt in about 1832 and the bellcote added in 1890. Though the church was declared redundant on 23 August 2004 and vested in the Churches Conservation Trust on 19 December 1989, it continues to be used occasionally for worship. Architecture Exterior The church is constructed in coursed stone rubble with ashlar dressings, and it has a tiled roof. Its plan consists of a nave and a chancel under a single roof, a south porch, and a bellcote at the east end. The bellcote has a pyramidal roof. Along the sides of the church are buttresses. At the west end is a two-light window. The north wall contains a door and two three-light windows, and in the south wall there are four three-light windows. The east window also has three lights. Some of the windows contain Decorated tracery, and in others the tracery is Perpendicular. Above the entrance to the porch is a coped parapet, and a stone inscribed with 1830. Interior Inside the church, to the east of the door is a 14th-century piscina. In the west wall are five corbels. The upper two are plain and suggest the position of a former gallery. The lower three have medieval carvings of faces. The font is octagonal and dates from the 14th century. Also dating from the 14th century are two memorials in the south wall that are partly hidden by the wall and the raised floor. External feature On the east side of the church is a 19th-century rubble stone wall containing iron gates and re-used 14th-century gargoyles. This is designated as a Grade II listed edifice. See also List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the English Midlands Grade II* listed buildings in Nottinghamshire Listed buildings in Cotham, Nottinghamshire References
St Michael's Church, Cowthorpe

St Michael's Church is a redundant church in the village of Cowthorpe, North Yorkshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. History The church was built in 1456–58 for Sir Bryan Roucliffe (or Brian Rouclyff), who was a lawyer and Baron of the Exchequer. He inherited the manor of Cowthorpe from his uncle, John Burgh. In 1456 Sir Bryan was granted permission by the Archbishop of York to build a new church to replace an old chapel near the River Nidd. It is thought that some of the sandstone blocks in this church came from the old chapel. The church was restored in the 19th century; this was a limited restoration and consisted of renewing some window tracery, and restoring the roof. St Michael's was declared redundant on 1 November 1975, and was vested in the Trust on 11 October 1977. Architecture Exterior St Michael's is constructed in sandstone and limestone, with stone slate roofs. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave with a south porch, a two-bay chancel and a west tower. The tower is partly incorporated in the west bay of the nave. The architectural style is Perpendicular. The tower is in three stages and has two buttresses. On its west side is a large arch containing a three-light mullioned and transomed window. In the middle stage on the south side is a circular window. There is a string course between the middle and top stages. The top stage contains a three-light bell opening on the east side, and two-light windows on the other sides. On top of the tower is a battlemented parapet. The structure of the tower has been described as "military looking", as being "unusual" and "similar to that of castle gatehouses of the period", and as "more like a castle fortification than a religious symbol" and "reminiscent of military gatehouse construction in the 15th century". The arch "seems more suited to a cathedral than a small country church". There are Perpendicular windows in the nave and the chancel, the east window having three lights. In the north wall is a blocked door. Interior Inside the church are original fittings. The font is a square bowl carved with tracery and family shields, standing on a cruciform stem and an octagonal base. The Easter Sepulchre is a rare example of its type and consists of a carved wooden chest with a canopy. In the windows are fragments of medieval heraldic stained glass. On the north wall of the chancel are the remains of a brass memorial to the memory of Sir Bryan and his wife. They were stolen from the church in about 1850, and following their recovery they were remounted in the church in 1886. There are three bells, one of which commemorates Sir Bryan, and which bears an inscription in English. It is one of the earliest bells with an inscription in English rather than in Latin. See also Grade I listed buildings in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in Tockwith List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in Northern England References
St Michael's Church, Duntisbourne Rouse

St Michael's Church is an Anglican church in the Cotswold village of Duntisbourne Rouse, Gloucestershire, England. It dates from no later than the 11th or 12th century and, since 1958, has been designated a Grade I listed building. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Gloucester, the archdeaconry of Cheltenham and the deanery of Cirencester. History Duntisbourne Rouse is one of a few settlements in the vicinity named after Dunt, a Saxon chief. Following the Norman conquest, the land was owned by a knight named Le Rous. The church dates from no later than the late 11th or early 12th century, although the nave is now thought to have been built in Saxon times. The chancel is from the 12th century and a tower was added in the 16th century. The church underwent restoration in the 1930s, by Sidney Gambier-Parry. It was designated a Grade I listed building on 26 November 1958. The Grade I listing is for buildings "exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important". Architecture Exterior The church is constructed of rubble limestone with herringbone stonework on the north and east walls, and stone-slate roofs. There are doorways to the north (now blocked) and south. The south door has a triangular head and is covered by a porch which has a chamfered segmental arch. The south wall of the nave contains two lancet windows and a two-light Perpendicular window with a square head, added in the 15th century. There are no windows in the north wall. The tower to the west is of ashlar. It sits on a chamfered plinth and has two stages, with a saddleback roof. There are small slit windows on the north and south sides. An inscription reads "THIS WAS BUILT BY JOHN HADEN MASON JOHN FREEMAN AND JOHN HOSKINS BEING WARDENS A.D. OI 1587". The church sits on a steep slope and there is a crypt in the ground beneath the chancel. Interior and fittings The internal walls are limewashed and the floor is stone. The nave is without aisles and has timber panelling on the walls. It has panelled box pews and bracket lights with brass ornaments from the Victorian era. The Jacobean pulpit is hexagonal, constructed of carved wood, and there is an octagonal stone font. The doorway from the nave to the tower has a pointed arch. The tower has an internal staircase leading to its two bells; one from the 14th century and one from the 15th century. The walls of the chancel were decorated in the early 13th century with paintings done in red ochre that only survive in fragments, most complete on the north wall. It has a stylised masonry and six-petalled flower pattern. The choir stalls have misericords carved with grotesque heads and vine leaves; they date from the 15th century. It is not clear whether the misericords were originally installed in this church, or imported from elsewhere. An organ was donated to the church by the sisters of New Zealand modernist writer Katherine Mansfield. References Footnotes Bibliography Further reading Verey, David; Brooks, Alan (1999). Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds. Penguin Books. ISBN 0-300-09604-6.
St. Michael’s Church (Ditton)

St Michael’s Church ist eine römisch-katholische Kirche in St. Michael’s Road, Ditton, Widnes, Cheshire. Sie steht auf der National Heritage List for England als ein Gebäude Grade II*. Geschichte Deutsche Jesuiten, die wegen Bismarcks Kulturkampf 1872 aus dem Deutschen Reich weggehen mussten, gründeten die Kirche. Die jesuitischen Theologiestudenten bildeten eine Kommunität in Ditton Hall, bis im niederländischen Valkenburg 1895 eine neue Ausbildungsstätte zur Verfügung stand. Zwischen 1876 und 1879 bauten sie die von Henry Clutton entworfene Kirche. Die Kosten von £16 000 übernahm Lady Mary Stapleton-Bretherton of Ditton Hall. 1979 wurde das Innere neu geordnet. Die Kirche gehört zum Erzbistum Liverpool. Architektur Die neugotische Kirche besteht aus rotem Quadersandstein mit einem Schieferdach auf dem Tonnengewölbe. Der Grundriss ist kreuzförmig mit einem Westturm. Altar und Lesepult sind aus Clipsham-Stein, das Glas kommt aus Köln. Einzelbelege Weblinks St Wilfrid's Parish Widnes | St Michael's Church. In: catholicchurches-widnes.org.uk. Abgerufen am 20. April 2020 (englisch). John Parker: Ditton-Hough-Green. Abgerufen am 21. April 2020 (englisch).
St Michael's Church, Ditton

St Michael's Church is in St Michael's Road, Ditton, Widnes, Halton, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active Roman Catholic church. History The church was founded when German Jesuits expelled from their own country (1872) settled in Ditton. They were victims of Bismark Kulturkampf which tried to reduce the influence of Catholicism in Germany. The Jesuit students of Theology formed a community at Ditton Hall and between 1876 and 1879 built the church. It was designed by Henry Clutton. The cost of the church, £16,000 (equivalent to £1,720,000 in 2025), was met by Lady Mary Stapleton-Bretherton of Ditton Hall. In 1979 the interior of the church was reordered by Bartlett and Purnell. Architecture Exterior The church is built in red ashlar sandstone with a slate roof. Its plan is cruciform, with short transepts and a west tower. It has an eight-bay arcade which takes in the nave and the chancel. The tower is in three stages with a steep saddleback roof. The entrance to the church is through the west door of the tower, above which are three lancet windows. Above these are three-light louvred bell openings and a balustrade. The windows in the gables of the chancel and transepts are rose windows containing stained-glass. Elsewhere, the windows are lancets. At the east end are two lancets separated by a large shaft. Interior The ceiling is barrel vaulted, boarded with hardwood, running through the nave and chancel. In the north transept is an organ and confessionals are in the south transept. The chancel has a yellow sandstone wall and a marble floor; the walls of the nave are plastered. The altar and lectern are made from Clipsham stone, and the stained-glass comes from Cologne. The organ was built in 1879 by Gray & Davison. See also Grade I and II* listed buildings in Halton (borough) List of Jesuit sites Listed buildings in Widnes Mary Stapleton-Bretherton References