Church of St Michael the Archangel
CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL, A 3054
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1219684
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Michael the Archangel
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL, A 3054
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1219684
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jan-1967
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 28-Mar-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Michael the Archangel
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL, A 3054
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 ARCHANGEL, A 3054
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Shalfleet
- National Grid Reference:
- SZ 41377 89233
Details
SHALFLEET
SZ48NW A 3054
1354-0/6/252 CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL
18/01/67
(Formerly Listed as:
The Parish Church)
GV I
Parish church. Saxo-Norman tower of c.1070 and north doorway
of c.1150, south arcade, north aisle and chancel C13 but south
windows probably replaced c.1630, south porch C15, north porch
added 1754 and minor renovations of 1890. 3 bay chancel, 4 bay
nave with south aisle, north and south porches and wide squat
west tower which was used as a place of refuge from French
invaders. Built of stone rubble, coursed to Nave and with
ashlar repairs to tower. Tiled roofs. West tower of 1070 has
corner square turrets and clasping buttresses added c.1380.
Billet frieze. South west turret has 3 Norman openings. South
front has lancet with C14 trefoliated head and west front has
4 centred arched window with hood moulding. East front has
double Norman paired lancet. North front has trefoliated
windows. Round-headed arch to base of tower. The tower used to
house the town gun until 1779. North doorway of c.1150 has 2
orders of columns with decorated scallop capitals and tympanum
with bearded man in long robe grasping 2 lions, one with
frontal head, one in profile, with long tails sprouting into
ornamental forms. North porch of 1754 is gabled with coping
and kneelers, round headed arch with drip moulding and
columns. Nave has buttresses and 3 tall arched windows of
c.1812. Chancel is C13 of 3 bays with bar tracery having
mullions round in section. Paired lancets with trefoils. 2
windows to south side and 3 windows to north front. C13 East
window with 3 lancets and 3 circular lights above with
inserted quatrefoils. South aisle of 1270 has East window with
3 lancets and tracery above. Cross-shaped saddlestone. South
front has 1 triple mullioned window with hood moulding and 3
triple lancets with tracery above. West window has 2 paired
lancets in large arch. South porch is C15. Coursed stone
rubble with deep plinth, tiled roof, lancet windows and wide
arched doorcase with hood moulding. Interior has C13 south
arcade with round piers, round abaci and double chamfered
arches dying into a continuation of the piers. Roof to nave
and north aisle is C15 crownpost. Nave has early C17 octagonal
pulpit with perspective arches to top layer of panelling and
diamonds to lower layer with book rest on brackets all round.
C18 box pews with H-hinges, Royal Coat of Arms of George IV.
Floor tablet of c.1687. North aisle has C13 column-shaped
font. Trefoliated-headed piscina with sexfoil drain. Stone
reredos dated 1630. Most of the windows are C17 still in the
Gothic style. Chancel probably C17. Piscina. Wooden reredos of
c.1908 reusing old wood. 3 early C19 wall plaques with urns, 1
signed J. Bacon, London.
(N. Pevsner: B.O.E. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: 768).
Listing NGR: SZ4137489234
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 393146
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, (1967), 768
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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