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St Michael

St Michael

Billinghay

Lincolnshire

C12, C13, C14, C15, tower and spire rebuilt 1787, north aisle rebuilt 1856, spire again rebuilt 1912.

Architectural Features

Above the nave, a 4 bay clerestory, with on each side 4 pairs of single round headed cusped lancets within a shallow pointed and chamfered arch, each with a Tudor hood.

The clerestory is topped by a chamfered parapet pierced on each side by 3 gargoyles.

Within the porch are two wall monuments to Anne Jessop 1807 and William Petchel 1861.

The nave has a very fine C16 wooden roof, with wooden carved bosses.

The chancel has a Minton tile floor, a small ogee headed piscina, and a C19 wood and brass altar rail.

TF1554 : Font, St Michael's church, Billinghay

The stone octagonal, bowl and stem, font is C14 with 2-light panel tracer to each face.

TF1554 : Font, St Michael's church, Billinghay

© J.Hannan-Briggs

C19 wooden choir stalls, pulpit and organ.

Stained glass window for the Millennium installed in 2000.
The quote is from John 4:35.
The glass is by Gordon and Yvonne Monaghan of Artists in Stained Glass of Peterborough.

1888 stained glass east window.

Stained glass window for the Millennium installed in 2000. The quote is from John 4:35. The glass is by Gordon and Yvonne Monaghan of Artists in Stained Glass of Peterborough.

© Julian P Guffogg

Two monuments in the chancel.

The south aisle is C17 and the north aisle C19.