Church of St Michael and All Angels
CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, THE SQUARE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1374153
- Date first listed:
- 19-Sept-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Michael and All Angels
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, THE SQUARE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1374153
- Date first listed:
- 19-Sept-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Michael and All Angels
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, THE SQUARE
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 ALL ANGELS, THE SQUARE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Dalston
- National Grid Reference:
- NY 36944 50162
Details
NY 35 SE DALSTON THE SQUARE
(North side) Dalston
8/149 Church of St Michael
and all Angels
II*
Church. C12 and C13, partly rebuilt in 1749; 1890 restoration by C.J.
Ferguson. Red sandstone rubble; graduated greenslate roof with coped gables.
4-bay aisled nave, the lower part of which is C13, with double open bellcote and
north porch; north and south transepts. 3-bay C13 chancel with 1890 north
vestry. Nave; blocked medieval south door now forms recess under 1890
rededication inscription. Blocked C18 entrance in west wall. C19 porch
incorporates, inside, an C18 font, 2 medieval graveslabs, a carved Transitional
style capital and a C17 inscription stone partly covered by 1914-18 war
memorial. C19 2-light windows with geometrical tracery. North transept has C19
circular window with geometrical tracery. Chancel: priest's door in pointed
arch under pedimented hood. Original lancet windows and small pointed leper
window. 3-light east window. Interior of nave: open timber ceiling of 1890,
supported on timber columns. Continuous low stone seat along south wall is
thought to be medieval. Walls panelled in 1890 with wood from the C18 box
pews. South transept stained glass by Clayton and Bell, 1909. North transept
organ screen by C.J. Ferguson. C19 font by R.H. Billings with carved oak cover
by Sir Robert Lorimer. Chancel: rounded rere-arches to medieval windows.
White marble wall plaque to Reverend Walter Fletcher 1846 by Musgrave Lewthwaite
Watson.
Listing NGR: NY3694450162
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 21 August 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 78336
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 21 August 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/4278
War Memorials Online, accessed 21 August 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/177352
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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