Description

SO 76 SE LITTLE WITLEY CP LITTLE WITLEY

6/115 Church of St Michael

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- II

Parish church. C13 foundations, rebuilt 1867 probably by S W Perkins.
Red sandstone ashlar, tiled roof. Early English style. Nave with south
porch, north vestry, apsidal chancel. 3-bay nave, octagonal plan bell-
cote to west end, 3 columns with stiff-leaf capitals, decorative closed
sides, conical capping and finial, pointed arched, Y-traceried windows
with stiff-leaf capitals to responds, hoodmoulds and stiff-leaf stops
flank central part. Timber-framed gabled porch; doorway similar to
window surround, moulded archway and stiff-leaf ornament; buttressing
to west end and to chancel arch, semi-circular headed doorway on north
face only remains of earlier church, 2-bay chancel has simple lancets.
Interior: trussed rafter roof to nave supported on stiff-leaf corbels,
pointed chancel arch similar to doorway and window surrounds, supported
on 2 orders with sitff-leaf capitals.

Listing NGR: SO7826763510

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26361866

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)