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Saint Michael And All Angels

Rugby

Warwickshire

The building dates from the C13, and was largely rebuilt in 1876-7 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in a sympathetic Early English style

Architectural Features

The building dates from the C13, and was largely rebuilt in 1876-7 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in a sympathetic Early English style

The roof is covered in plain clay tiles and has pierced ridge tiles

The windows to the north and south sides of the nave are similar, those to the north apparently dating from the C13

The chancel has diagonal buttresses, sprocketted eaves and paired lancets to the north and south, and a single C13 lancet to the south

The east window is of three cusped lights and a triangular head, dating from the C15

The chancel arch appears to date from the C13 or C14

The nave and chancel have C19 polychrome floor tiles

The east window has stained glass dating from the early C20, dedicated to Lawrence Sheriff, the founder of Rugby School

The circular font dates from the C13

There is a fine rectangular screen, made up of elements dating from the C15 and later

The pulpit is Flemish and dates from the C18

it has C17 wall panelling to the rear, set on the east wall of the nave

Additional windows were added to the west end later in the C13

The building is a former chapel of ease retaining fabric of the C13

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