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St Michael

St Michael

Cranoe

Leicestershire

Almost entirely rebuilt by J.G. Bland of Market Harborough in 1849, retaining the C13

Architectural Features

C14 tower.

Tower is built into sloping ground, of three stages, the lowest apparently C13 of ironstone and limestone squared rubble.

Plain parapet, decorative tiles and ridge cresting.

King post roof with long raking braces from angel corbels.

Encaustic tiles.

C13 font, a rough round basin.

Stained glass : all windows have small angel figures in upper lights.

The east window is a memorial to a member of the Brudenall family of 1846 by Powell

South east window of nave is a memorial to a Count of Cardigan who died in 1868 and although the colour is garish, the detail, the Good Samaritan story, is delicate and mediaeval in feel.