St Michael The Archangel

1250-1350, and may indicate that a Decorated porch existed.

Oak pulpit, probably of 1863, with Gothic traceried panels.

The mid-Victorian font is octagonal, with symbols of the evangelists in panels on the bowl.

It has an oak font cover, of spire form.

1500, by C. Hodgson Fowler, 1899.

There is much Victorian stained glass, mainly c.

Monuments are mainly simple Neoclassical tablets of the early C19.

One existed by 1227 when there was a dedication on Michaelmas Day.

The manor and the advowson of its church passed in the C13 to the Hercys, who retained it until 1570.

SOURCES: Pevsner, N and Williamson, E, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, 298 Lincolnshire County Archive, Diocesan faculty papers, 1863/5 (not inspected) REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The Church of St Michael the Archangel, Bridgegate, West Retford, is designated at Grade II* for the following principal reasons: * A good medieval church with elegant slim spire, and a remarkable arrangement of broaches and flying buttresses at the angles * The distinctive design of the Perp south aisle arcade, and of the stone-vaulted south porch * Competent north aisle and polychrome brick chancel * Attractive fittings including a reredos by Comper, chancel screen of 1899, and good Victorian stained glass