Description

WINTERBOURNE STEEPLETON
SY 68 NW STEEPLETON VILLAGE

8/154 Church of St Michael
26-1-56
GV I

Parish Church. C11 quoins to nave, C12 nave rebuilt, C14 west tower and
porch, C15 chancel, C17 and C18 alterations, blockings and repairs. West
Tower, Nave, Chancel, South porch. Rubble-stone walls with Ham stone dressings.
Slate roofs. Nave retains long-and-short work quoins, C12 north and south
doorways, north blocked, both plain with roll-moulded label. Fenestration
is C15, windows of 3 cinquefoiled lights with vertical tracery in a two-centred
head. Labels and head-stops. South wall at west end has an early C18 window
of 2 lights for the west gallery. West Tower, 3 stages, 2 stages diagonal
buttresses, surmounted by a plain parapet. Later (C18) octagonal stone spire
with corner pinnacles. Chancel: has a C15 south window of 2 cinquefoiled
lights with vertical tracery in a 2-centred head with a label. C19 east
window. South porch has a C14 outer entrance with chamfered jambs and a
2-centred head under a label. For full architectural description and fittings;
see:
(RCHM Dorset II, p.395(1))

Listing NGR: SY6291289806

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17533017

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)