St Michael
Garton on the Wolds
East Riding of Yorkshire
Church. C1132 for the Prior of Kirkham Abbey, with later additions and alterations, including C14 windows, C15 upper stage of tower and addition of vestry, restorations and interior decoration of 1856-7 by J L Pearson and G E Street for Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Baronet of Sledmere.
Architectural Features
Above are 3 eroded figures.
Dado of Staffordshire tiles.
Norman tower arch heightened in C15 has single order of nook-shafts with scallop capitals, frieze, abaci and double-chamfered pointed arch.
St Michael’s Church at Garton-on-the-Wolds has a west tower buttressed like a castle keep. The exterior of the church is mainly Norman with the doorways having round arches and the windows tiny gaps. The church was extensively restored in the 1850s when the chancel was rebuilt in the Norman style. The interior is famous for its murals by Clayton & Bell which cover the walls of the nave and chancel.
C19 font and cover.
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medieval lady, her head under a canopy.