- St Michael's Church, Weeton
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St Michael's, Weeton 
Location in Lancashire
Coordinates: 53°47′59″N 2°56′09″W / 53.7996°N 2.9358°W OS grid reference SD 3846034103 Location Weeton, Lancashire Country England Denomination Anglican Architecture Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade II Designated 11 June 1986 Architect(s) E. H. Shellard (enlargement) Completed 1843 Specifications Materials red brick with stone dressings Administration Deanery Kirkham Archdeaconry Lancaster Diocese Blackburn Province York Clergy Vicar(s) Rev Robert Marks St Michael's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Weeton, Lancashire, England. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn. It was built in 1843 and enlarged in 1846. It has been designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage.
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History
St Michael's Church was built in 1843 on land granted by the 13th Earl of Derby.[1][2] It became a parish church in 1846.[3] In 1852, architect E. H. Shellard enlarged the west end of the church.[1] St Michael's was designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage in 1986.[2] The Grade II listing is for buildings that are "nationally important and of special interest".[4]
Architecture
St Michael's is constructed in the Early English style, of red brick with stone dressings. The roof is slate.[2] At the west end of the building there is a bellcote with a miniature spire.[1][2] The plan consists of a nave and a chancel. To the north of the nave is a porch at the main entrance, and to the south of the chancel is a vestry. There are coupled lancet windows, and a triple lancet window in the west wall.[2]
Internally, the roof's timber structure includes strutted king posts and arched braces. The nave has four bays and the chancel one. The church furniture includes a wooden pulpit, a matching minister's desk and original wooden pews. Memorials include a brass tablet dedicated to Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby.[2]
See also
- Listed buildings in Lancashire
References
Footnotes
- ^ a b c Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), pp. 683–84
- ^ a b c d e f "Church Of St Michael, Church Road", National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1164259, retrieved 29 April 2011
- ^ Farrer & Brownbill, pp. 176–78
- ^ Listed Buildings, English Heritage, 2010, http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/listing/listed-buildings/, retrieved 22 August 2011
Sources
- Farrer, William; Brownbill, J., eds. (1912), "Townships — Weeton-with-Preese", A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 7, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53213, retrieved 2 April 2011
- Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 0300126670
Categories:- Church of England churches in Lancashire
- Diocese of Blackburn
- Grade II listed buildings in Lancashire
- Grade II listed churches
- Buildings and structures in Fylde (borough)
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