Description

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TQ 78 NW 6/94
24.3.50
5209

CHURCH PATH
PITSEA
Church of St Michael

(Formerly listed under Church Hill)

II

Church. Early C16 tower; nave and chancel rebuilt 1871 by Sir Arthur
Blomfield. Coursed and squared limestone with ashlar dressings; gabled plain
tile roofs with stone coped gables. Plan of west tower, and nave and chancel with
north vestry and south porch. Chancel has hood moulds with foliate stops over
3-light cinquefoil-headed east window, and cinquefoil-headed lights to 2-bay
side walls; vestry has 2-light window with quatrefoil light. Three-bay nave
has shallow pointed arches over 2-light ogee-and trefoil-headed windows with
quatrefoil upper lights. South porch has double-chamfered pointed-arched
doorway with C20 boarding over door. Early C16 three-stage west tower has plain
square-headed lights, and label moulds over C15 trefoil-headed belfry lights;
battlemented parapet. Interior: late C19 five-bay arch-braced roof set on late
C19 carved corbels; double-chamfered archway to vestry.

Listing NGR: TQ7386087783

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26622707

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)