Description

SK22SW TATENHILL MAIN STREET (east side )

6/89 Church of St Michael 12.3.1964

GV II*

Parish church. C13 core substantially altered and extended C15; restored by Bodley circa 1890. Coursed, dressed and squared sandstone, tiled roof. Tower, nave and chancel.
TOWER: C15 of 3 stages; diagonal buttresses of 3 stages to west only; string. set at buttresses head level; moulded coved string below crenellated parapet. Labelled 2-light pointed bell chamber openings with panel tracery; single-light to centre stage south; round-arched 4-light west window has transoms with round arches to lights.
NAVE: of C13 fabric; 4 bays divided by 3-stage buttresses; deep square-head, cavetto mullioned and transomed 4-light windows with arched lights; 2 Tudor-arched single lights over late C19 timber framed gabled porch; south door C13 steeply arched, fillet mouldings on 3 tiers of columns; pointed door to north side opposite.
CHANCEL: lower than nave, mainly C15, of 3 bays (larger east bay), again divided by 3-stage buttresses, deeply rebated, 3-centred-arched cavetto mullioned and transomed 4-light windows; trefoil heads to lights and some panel tracery; cills continued as strings; restored S- light pointed east window; pointed Priest door under centre bay, south side.
INTERIOR: pointed moulded arch to chancel, C19 nave roof with tie, king post and diagonal braces to boarding with circle motifs.
CHANCEL: brat ti shed ties and ogee bracing to trusses, boarding with cusped decoration. Floor in black and white marble of Bodley's design, stepped down to chancel.
PULPIT: in oak with figures also late C19. FONT: C13, stone circular bowl dying into columns at base. Piscina and sedilia, trefoil-headed of 4 bays.

MONUMENTS: Mrs Griffiths, died 1641, stone; kneeling woman set between pilasters under break fronted cornices and oval panel below. GLASS: East window by Ward & Hughes.

Formerly listed as:
TATENHILL C.P. POSTERN ROAD
SK 22 SW
(east side)
6/89
Church of
12.3.64 St Michael
GV
II*

Parish church. C13 core substantially altered and extended C15; restored
by Bodley circa 1890. Coursed, dressed and squared sandstone, tiled roof.
Tower, nave and chancel. Tower: C15 of 3 stages; diagonal buttresses of
3 stages to west only; string set at buttress head level; moulded coved
string below crenellated parapet. Labelled 2-light pointed bell chamber
openings with panel tracery; single-light to centre stage south; round-
arched 4-light west window has transoms with round arches to lights. Nave:
of C13 fabric; 4 bays divided by 3-stage buttresses; deep square-head,
cavetto mullioned and transomed 4-light windows with arched lights; 2
Tudor-arched single lights over late C19 timber framed gabled porch; south
door C13 steeply arched, fillet mouldings on 3 tiers of columns; pointed
door to north side opposite. Chancel: lower than nave, mainly C15, of 3
bays (larger east bay), again divided by 3-stage buttresses; deeply rebated,
3-centred-arched cavetto mullioned and transomed 4-light windows; trefoil
heads to lights and some panel tracery; cills continued as strings; restored
5-light pointed east window; pointed Priest door under centre bay, south
side. Interior: pointed moulded arch to chancel, C19 nave roof with tie,
king post and diagonal braces to boarding with circle motifs. Chancel:
brattished ties and ogee bracing to trusses, boarding with cusped decoration.
Floor in black and white marble of Bodley's design, stepped down to chancel.
Pulpit: in oak with figures also late C19. Font: C13, stone circular bowl
dying into columns at base. Piscina and sedilia, trefoil-headed of 4 bays.
Monuments: Mrs Griffiths, died 1641, stone; kneeling woman set between
pilasters under break fronted cornice and oval panel below. Glass: East
window by Ward & Hughes. B.o.E.

Listing NGR: SK2054422076

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17557219

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