St Michael

Designed by Perkin and Son in neo-Romanesque style with stone sculpture by Charles Mawer and wood carving by William Matthews, all from Leeds.

medieval sculptural decoration in Hildenley limestone.

The capitals of the buttresses to the north and south walls are linked by corbel tables incorporating around 100 individually carved corbels: these are neo-Romanesque featuring beasts, angels, human caricatures and other forms.

It is round arched with three rings of voussoirs, the outer being in the form of a frieze of shallow carvings of various figurative designs of Anglo-Scandinavian influence.

The doorjambs have shallow, figuratively-carved panels on two faces, five of the 15 blocks being original, the remainder being high quality Victorian reproductions.

These are elaborately carved with corbels in the form of heads or other figures, with additional heads set into the soffits of the arches.

The spandrels to the arcades also have carved decoration.

The church doorway was originally the medieval south door.

It is round arched with two arch rings of voussoirs, both being figuratively carved.

The outer ring of 16 voussoirs consists of a collection of figurative carvings, mainly heads or beasts.

The doorjambs, like those of the outer porch doorway, are figuratively carved, with 7 out of the 12 stones being original.

Placed above the doorway is a further set of figurative carvings including two stones depicting the "Adoration of the Magi" and seven stones forming part of a series depicting the "Labours of the Months".

These shallow relief carvings are thought to be late C12, but have pre-conquest Anglo-Saxon stylistic features.

Nave The wall-plates are supported by 32 individually carved corbels featuring stylised heads and beasts reused from the exterior of the C12 church nave.

Other carved heads reused as stops (such as those to the carved arch ring framing the north door) also appear to be medieval, although other internal decoration such as the billet hood-moulds and nook shafts to the window reveals are Victorian.

With some elements, such as the continuous running scroll frieze forming a high dado, it is difficult to separate the original C12 work from Victorian repair.

The chancel arch with its beak-head and chevron decoration is Victorian, although its design was taken from a C12 voussoir found during the rebuilding.

However six of the eight elaborately carved cushion capitals supporting the chancel arch are Norman and are firmly dated stylistically to the 1160s, the two Victorian reproductions being high quality.

Chancel Wall plates are supported by C12 arcaded-corbel tables similar to those within the porch, complete with carved heads placed in the soffits of the arches.

Within the sanctuary there is a medieval piscina supported on a carved Norman pillar.

The arch to the organ chamber is supported on further elaborately carved cushion capitals dated to the C12.

Further C12 sculpture is believed to be concealed by the organ case.

FITTINGS and STAINED GLASS Apart from the piscina, all are Victorian or later.

The oak altar rails and pulpit are elaborately carved in Romanesque style as is the Caen stone and alabaster font.

The wall panelling to dado level within the nave is gothic, as are the pews with carved end panels.

The organ case is by Temple Moore and was a later addition to the church, unfortunately obscuring some more significant C12 sculpture.

Some of the windows have figurative designed stained glass, some have complex geometric designs, and some are plainer with coloured margin glazing.

The stained glass to the sides of the chancel is by Barnett & Son, Leith, the east windows are by Heaton, Butler and Bayne, London.

Memorials include a Romanesque tablet in the chancel to Hugo Meynell Ingram, patron of the rebuilding who died just before the new church was opened

and a First World War memorial in the nave in the form of a triptych which also lists the men who served and returned in addition to the names of the fallen.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register.