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St Michael

St Michael

Spennithorne

North Yorkshire

Tower: C14 with off-set angle buttresses and projecting stair turret to south with 6-light vents and bench mark to west face of projection.

Architectural Features

Embattled parapet corbelled out on heads, with gargoyles of goblin holding spout, weather-vane on north-west corner.

Nave: late C14 gabled south porch with off-set diagonal buttresses with short pinnacles, doorway with continuous hollow chamfer and label, weathered niche above and gable cross, corbelled stone roof.

Inside: stone benches and barrel vault, C13 doorway with shafts and hollow mouldings, continuous 'green man' capitals.

C13 south aisle with 2 south windows of 2 lights with trefoil heads, linked by sill band, corbel table with heads and lion masks, gargoyles.

North doorway with a pointed arch in a square lintel, above it a panel with medieval lettering.

C14 windows, 1 single-light and two 2-light with quatrefoils above, all under labels with medieval heads on stops, and continuous sill band.

Interior: mid C12 north arcade to nave with round piers, scallop capitals and round arches of 2 orders.

C13 south arcade to nave, Early English circular piers with plain bell capitals and pointed arches of 2 chamfered orders.

C14 tower arch of 2 chamfered orders, springing from male figures.

Double-chamfered pointed arch from chancel to north chapel, with C14/C15 screen set into the opening.

C14 pointed-arched doorway to vestry with continuous chamfered moulding.

Medieval tomb-chest in north chapel to a Fitz Randall of Spennithorne Old Hall, also 2 medieval bench ends.

South aisle east wall: medieval corbel for image with male and female heads.

South aisle west wall: medieval wall painting depicting Father Time.

South aisle south wall: royal coat of arms dated 1780, wall memorial to Hon.

Anne Scroope d 1694 and Francisca Scroope d 1731.

Chancel south wall: wooden wall memorial to Fr.

Wyvill d 1649.