Church of St Michael
CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1074318
- Date first listed:
- 24-Nov-1965
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Michael
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1074318
- Date first listed:
- 24-Nov-1965
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Michael
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Leicestershire
- District:
- North West Leicestershire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Stretton en le Field
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 30398 11923
Details
STRETTON-EN-LE-FIELD SK 31 SW 4/90 Church of St. Michael 24.11.65 II* Church C14 and C15, altered C17. Rubble stone and ashlar. Tower, nave, N aisle and chancel. Buttresses or diagonal buttresses with many set-offs overall. 2 stage C14/15 tower with Perp W window, W arch to nave, 1 light bell-openings and battlements. Recessed spire rebuilt in 1889 (date plaque in churchyard). Nave C15 parapetted, all windows altered in C17 by substitution of central mullion for tracery. S porch, possibly C17. Clerestory of 5 square-headed 2-light mullions, possibly C16. Roof of re-used C15 or C16 timbers finely moulded with carved central grotesques. 3 bay N arcade of diamond piers with arches dying into them. N aisle of C14/15 with windows lowered or blocked and roof, once gabled now lean-to. N doorway with Tudor arch, now blocked. Fragments of tomb recess and pinnacles under 3-light window. Chancel of C15 with battlements and E pinnacles, possibly C19. On S wall an altered window. Perp E window of 5-light and panel tracery, otherwise blocked windows and doorway. Chancel roof with tie beams and clasped principal rafters. Flat beam between nave and chancel and C19 strength ening arch. C18 chancel rail with turned balusters and complete set of C18 box pews. Font of c1662, though partly made-up. Incised slab to cleric of 1500. Double incised slab raised up against blocked N door. Floor of square brick tiles. Leaded light glazing, diamond in clerestory, possibly C16, otherwise square and possibly C17. An interesting example of a church altered in C17 with fittings of C18. Pevsner.
Listing NGR: SK3039811923
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 187982
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Leicestershire and Rutland, (1960)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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