Church of St Michael
CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1182735
- Date first listed:
- 21-Nov-1966
- 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:
- 1182735
- Date first listed:
- 21-Nov-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Michael
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- Vale of White Horse (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Eaton Hastings
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 26281 98558
Details
EATON HASTINGS SU29NE Church of St Michael 2/75 21/11/66 GV II*
Parish church. Mainly C13 but restored in 1870, 1872 and 1895. Rubble stone with a gabled stone tiled roof. 3 bay nave, 3-bay chancel, S porch and W bellcote. 2- and 3-light Early English lancets to S wall of nave, blocked Norman doorway, one Early English lancet on N wall of nave. W window of 3 stepped trefoiled lancets with quatrefoils above. Single lancet windows to N and S walls of chancel, E window of 3 stepped pointed-trefoiled lights. C19 porch with gabled stone tiled roof and a C13 S doorway with a rounded-trefoiled head. C19 gabled bellcote. The S aisle has disappeared leaving an aisleless interior with the remains of an Early English arcade on the S wall of the nave of plain character. Also an Early English cusped tomb recess on S wall. Deep splays to the Norman and Early English windows on N wall. Chancel arch is Transitional with abaci of saltire crosses but a pointed arch with a slight chamfer. Early English sedilia in the chancel - a recess with 2 half shafts on heads and with stiff leaf capitals. Also a trefoil-headed piscina. Open rafter roof throughout with tie beams, queen posts and tier of wind braces. Fine set of stained glass by Morris & Co: 1874 nave N side, St Matthew with Angel by Edward Burne-Jones; 1877 chancel N side, Christ walking on the water also by Burne-Jones; 1935 W window, St Raphael after a design by William Morris, St Michael after a design by Ford Madox Brown and St Gabriel after another design by Morris. E window by Clayton and Bell depicting scences from the gospels. Polygonal Jacobean pulpit with much strapwork and arcading. Font also Jacobean - an octagonal stone base with octagonal bowl and contemporary wooden cover with a crucifix supported by 4 brackets. A C Sewter, The Stained Glass of Williams Morris and his Circle, 1975, 2, 67.
Listing NGR: SU2628198558
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 251544
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Sewter, A, The Stained Glass of William Morris and his Circle, (1975), 2 67
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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