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St Michael

St Michael

Markfield

Leicestershire

C12, C13, C14, C16, 1826 by Daniel Knight, extended and restored 1865 by Millican and Smith.

Architectural Features

C14 2 stage tower with stepped set back buttresses, chamfered offset to belfry stage, embattled parapet and recessed short spire with 2 tiers of lucarnes in alternating directions.

In the west wall a 2 light C14 window with cusped ogee heads to the lights and a chamfered pointed surround.

To the belfry stage are single matching 2 light windows in the 4 directions, with quatrefoils over, In the west wall of the north aisle is a large C14 4 light window wth Geometric tracery and a smaller matching 2 light window to the north.

Interior: C13 moulded south arcade of 3 bays with octagonal shafts and responds, moulded capitals and double chamfered arches.

C19 roofs with 2 tiers of corbels to the south aisle and with reused C14 wooden corbels in the nave.

Continuously double chamfered C13 tower arch at the west end of the south aisle and at the east end is a C19 arch matching the chancel arch.

Fittings are all C19 including the circular ashlar pulpit with integral eagle lectern and stiff leaf corbel to the cornice, the circular bowl font supported on shafts with stiff leaf capitals.