Description

SE 02SW HEBDEN ROYD C.P. CHURCH STREET,
Mytholmroyd

2/89 Church of St. Michael

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C.V. II

Church. 1848 by Mallinson and Healey. Early English style. Dressed stone,
slate roof. Originally single aisled with added south aisle and chapel. Nave,
aisles under 3-span roof with nave, chancel, west tower. 3-stage embattled
tower with angle buttresses; pointed arched doorway with 2-light west window
with trefoil head which rises into the 2nd stage which has small printed lights
to 2 faces; 3rd stage has pointed arched belfry and later clock faces; octagonal
vice clasps north corner of tower and rises higher surmounted by octagonal
spire. Aisles have 5 bays of pointed arched 2-light windows with cusped lights
surmounted by quatrefoil. Each bay articulated by offset buttresses. North
aisle has extra blind bay. Attached to chancel at south side is small chapel
with panelled tracery window in 2 canted faces. Chancel has offset diagonal
buttresses and 3-light east window with Gothic rose-window. Coped gable with
carved kneelers and cross to apex. String course continues round the building
under the window sills. Low vestry at right angles to chancel on north side has
hip to roof and 4-light window with trefoil head and spandrels; pointed arched
doorway in the right hand return wall. Interior: 5-bay nave wlth open arcades
to aisles which have octagonal columns with moulded capitals and pointed arches.
Arch-braced roof rises from corbels. 3-bay chancel, the walls entirely covered
with mosaics of the Apostles and the Northern Saints; waggon roof.

Listing NGR: SE0134225976

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26523003

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