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St Michael

St Michael

Beetham

Cumbria

South aisle added c.1200, chancel extended to East C13, Beetham Chapel added C14, North aisle added

Architectural Features

South aisle widened C15, top stage of Tower added C16.

C14 doorway with 2-centred arch in West wall and window above with 2 trefoiled ogee lights in 2-centred head with moulded label

bell-chamber, slightly corbelled out, has 3-light C16 windows with elliptical-headed lights under moulded labels

3-light C15 window to North aisle with cinquefoiled lights in 4-centred head with moulded label (most other C15 windows similar).

3-light C15 window in South aisle has cinque-foiled lights with vertical tracery in 4-centred head with moulded label.

inserted door to right with memorial to Richd Hadwin d. 1779 over

3 3-light C15 windows

one 2-light window c.1400 to left of it and one C14 window and 2 c.1400 to right.

West wall has 3-light C15 window to left of Tower

2-light late C14 window,with trefoiled ogee lights with moulded label,to right.

North side has doorway with pointed-arched head and 5 3-light C15 windows.

Interior has early C16 9-bay roof with cambered and chamfered tie beams, partly restored to Chancel and Nave

late C15 or early C16 12-bay pent roof to North aisle with moulded principals.

St Oswald (a 7th Century Northumbrian king), King Charles the First and St Alban (a 3rd Century Romano-British martyr) are depicted together here - but why?

In Beetham Chapel are remnants of late medieval heraldic glass.

St Oswald (a 7th Century Northumbrian king), King Charles the First and St Alban (a 3rd Century Romano-British martyr) are depicted together here - but why?

© Karl and Ali

Other glass mainly C19 and C20,notably East window by Clayton Bell to William Hutton died 1881

This window also has a black stone memorial urn dated 1811.