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St Michael

St Michael

Rotherby

Leicestershire

Tower begun early C14 completed C15.

Architectural Features

Body of church early C16.

C15/early C16 oak S door of massive plank construction with ribs, original hinges and pattern of interlocking cusped ogee arches to head.

C15/early C16 ribbed plank door with original hinges.

Hollow-chamfered doorway with trefoiled spandrels and hood mould in shallow gabled porch with chamfered Tudor-arched doorway.

tracery missing to N. Frieze of alternating cusped triangles and quatrefoils to base of battlemented parapet Which has gargoyles to angles.

Chequered red and black tile floors.

Series of stain-glass shields to east and south windows showing alliances of the Villiers family in the seventeenth century.

Monuments: Large incised alabaster slab in sanctuary commemorating Sir William Villiers d.1480 and his wife Joan and second wife Agnas.

Large wall monument in chancel to Sir William Villiers d.1711 and his wife Dame Ann Villiers.

Black marble plinth, veined grey marble architectural background with Corinthian pilasters and two round-headed arches against which stand life-size figures of Sir William in contemporary dress and his wife in classical-style drapery.