Church of St Michael
CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL AND THE HOLY ANGELS, LA12 7NY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1086797
- Date first listed:
- 05-Mar-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Michael
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL AND THE HOLY ANGELS, LA12 7NY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1086797
- Date first listed:
- 05-Mar-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Michael
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL AND THE HOLY ANGELS, LA12 7NY
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.
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 AND THE HOLY ANGELS, LA12 7NY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Westmorland and Furness (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Pennington
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 26289 77422
Details
SD 27 NE,
16/102
PENNINGTON,
Church of St Michael
II
Church. 1826 incorporating re-set Norman tympanum; aspe and roof, 1926.
Stone rubble with ashlar dressings, slate roofs. 4-bay nave with west tower
and east apse. Nave has 2-light straight-headed windows with Decorated
tracery. Porch has parapet and gablet with shields, pointed entrance with
moulded arch. Inner entrance has re-set Norman tympanum with figure of
Christ with raised hands and runic inscription recording Gamel the patron
and Hubert the mason. Tower has diagonal buttresses and 2-light west window
with transom; straight-headed bell-openings with slate louvres; embattled
parapet. Lean-to vestry to north. Canted apse has high parapet with
inscription; 5-light east window has segmental-pointed head, flanking
buttresses; south gabled organ loft has 3-light window. INTERIOR has collar
and tie-beam trusses with struts. Shallow corbelled chancel arch. Oil lamps
on brackets. Octagonal font in goblet form. Tower has C19 text boards.
Octagonal pulpit to junction with organ loft. Chancel has recesses with
shouldered lintels and arcaded chancel rail. C12 fragments in porch.
Listing NGR: SD2628977422
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 75876
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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