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St Michael

St Michael

Beer Hackett

Dorset

C15 origins

Architectural Features

It has a solid C19 parapet with moulded coping and a string course with carved gargoyles at the base of the parapet.

The north porch has a reset early-C16 outer doorway with a four-centred arch set in square head with foliage carving to the spandrels.

the western one is a C19 copy and the eastern window is C15 and has been reset.

The north wall of the chancel has a reset C15 single-light window with cinquefoil head within a rectangular surround.

the outer windows are C15 and have been reset, and the central one is a C19 copy.

The nave has a wagon roof with arch-braced trusses resting on carved corbels, and the chancel has a C19 pointed barrel roof, both are boarded internally.

FITTINGS: the C15 octagonal font has a tapered bowl with a moulded edge and angles, and a splayed underside with small cusped panels and two panels with foliage.

The stained glass in the west window of the porch is C15 and bears the coat of arms of Sherborne Abbey.

The pews, pulpit and altar rail are C19.

A set of thirteen C15 consecration crosses in relief have been re-set in various places on the external and internal walls.