Church of St Michael
CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1373531
- Date first listed:
- 04-Oct-1960
- 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:
- 1373531
- Date first listed:
- 04-Oct-1960
- 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:
- Norfolk
- District:
- North Norfolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Sidestrand
- National Grid Reference:
- TG 25959 39716
Details
TG 23 NE SIDESTRAND
4/37 Church of St.Michael
4.10.60
II
Parish church. Medieval fabric moved inland in 1880 to present site.
Flint with stone dressings. Lead roofs. West tower, nave, chancel, north
vestry, south porch. Embattled round tower of three stages, the top two
stages being octagonal; built in 1881 as a copy of the medieval tower
which has subsequently fallen into the sea. Nave of 2 bays; to the south
2 2-light Perpendicular windows; to the north one 3-light and one 2-light
Perpendicular window. C19 vestry to first bay. Chancel of 2 bays with
one C19 Y-tracery window and one C19 2 light window with a triangular
head to the south; to the north a restored Y-tracery window. C19 east
window of 3 lights. Porch to first nave bay has single cusped lights
to east and west. Doorway with polygonal shafts, abaci and bases;
chamfered arch; outer continuous order; hood mould. Restored nave doorway
with continuous chamfer merging into arch with rolls. Niche over with
statue of angel with chalice. Interior. Piscina in south nave wall.
Ogee-arched piscina, drop-seat sedilia in chancel. C15 octagonal font.
Stone cross in south east nave wall with 'Orate p aia Willi Atte wod'
inscribed. Jacobean panelling of 1911 in chancel. Royal arms of George
IV after Irish Union. War memorial using Renaissance niche bought in
antique shop and adapted by Seely and Paget. East window designed by
Henry Holiday and made by Powell (Whitefriars Glass works) in 1880's.
Listing NGR: TG2595939716
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 30 October 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 224699
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 30 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/55624
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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