Church of St Michael
CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, CHURCH VIEW
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1322953
- Date first listed:
- 20-Mar-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Michael
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, CHURCH VIEW
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1322953
- Date first listed:
- 20-Mar-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Michael
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, CHURCH VIEW
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, CHURCH VIEW
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Darlington (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Heighington
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 24903 22365
Details
NZ 2422 HEIGHINGTON CHURCH VIEW (South side, off) 10/27 Church of 20/3/67 St. Michael GV I Parish church. Pre-Conquest tower, nave and chancel; c.1160-1170 chancel rebuilt and third stage of tower added; possibly C13 vestry; C13 chantry chapel extended in C14 to form south aisle; C15 tower parapet; c.1840 restorations; north aisle, south porch and organ chamber 1872-5 by Ewan Christian. Coursed squared stone, snecked 1872 additions; green slate roofs. West tower; aisled nave with south porch; chancel (comprising presbytery and sanctuary) with north vestry and organ chamber. 3-stage tower: probably C19 south doorway; small round-headed windows on south and west; twin bell openings on third stage; embattled parapet with gargoyles. 3-bay nave: round-arched south doorway with zigzag and billet mouldings (moved from north wall 1875); relief of King and Bishop above door; steeply-pitched roof. South aisle restored 2- and 3-light square-headed windows: C18 wall sundial; moulded parapet; lancet on west return; 3 stepped lancets on east return. Gabled porch incorporating sculptural fragments. North aisle 3-light windows and tall gabled east bay. 2-bay presbytery and taller narrower one-bay sanctuary. Restored Priest's door and flanking C19 windows on south; C10-Cll round-headed window on north. C19 sanctuary windows and 2 strings on south; 3-light 1872 east window. Continuous steeply-pitched chancel roof. One-bay organ chamber with reused lancet; vestry with tall stack. Plastered interior: c.1160 round 3-order tower and chancel arches, the latter on half-pier responds with scallop capitals. Double-chamfered, pointed 3-bay south arcade on octagonal piers. Similar C19 north arcade on round piers. Piscina at east end of south aisle. Fittings and monuments: In tower C14 octagonal font, cross slab with sword and 2 worn C13 female effigies. Large slab and wood donation plaque to John March died 1590. 5 hatchments (including two of C17) around tower arch. Wall monument to George Crossyer died 1669, south of chancel arch. Restored early C16 wood pulpit. Chancel stalls with some C16 poppyheads. On chancel north wall 2 grave slabs; armorial brass to Sir Anthony Byerley died 1667; wall monument with naval trophies by I. Ternouth of Pimlico to Capt. William Pryce Cumby, hero of Trafalgar, died 1837. 1899 stone reredos. Stained glass by Clayton and Bell 1875, by Heaton, Butler and Bayne 1875 and by Wailes and Strang 1908. (Rev. J.F. Hodgson, Church of St. Michael,Heighington, Transactions of the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, Volume V, 1905)
Listing NGR: NZ2490322364
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 110776
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Transactions Architectural and Archaeological Society of Northumberland and Durh in Transactions Architectural and Archaeological Society of Northumberland and Durh, Vol. 5, (1905)
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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