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St Michael

Harewood End

Herefordshire

Probably late C11 or early C12 with C13

Architectural Features

C17 alterations, restored in late C19 or early C20.

a hollow chamfered lancet to the east of the south porch and further east a restored C14 window with two pointed lights and plain tracery in a 2-centred head.

C14 south doorway has a 2-centred head and chamfered jambs

door has C14 ornamental strap hinges.

tie-beam separating nave from chancel has vertical boarding above, restored C16 screen below, with three bays to each side of a wide entry, the bottom parts being filled with rectangular panels and the open tops having turned pendants in arches

high quality C19 choir stalls with angels as finials

C13 terracotta painting, mainly ashlar lining, covers much of the chancel walls, north-east window reveals and some of the nave especially in reveals of its south-west window with crosses to either side of east windows

remains of C16 or C17 inscriptions and the Commandments on the north wall of the nave

C17 refitted panelling to east and south walls of chancel

lectern, probably early C19 has three detached wooden columns

Roman altar with cushion capital inscription and stem in blocked north doorway

C12 font has tapered cyclindrical bowl with cross and inter- lace decoration, cylindrical stem and later circular base

C17 communion table, partly restored, in nave

near the font a C14 tapered coffin lid with cross-in-circle motif.

A small medieval church graded I for its generally unaltered appearance and extensively surviving scheme of C13 decoration.