- St Michael's Church, Kirkby Malham
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St Michael's Church, Kirkby Malham Church of St Michael the Archangel 
St Michael's Church towerLocation in North Yorkshire
St Michael's Church, Kirkby MalhamCoordinates: 54°02′42″N 2°09′48″W / 54.0449°N 2.1633°W OS grid reference SD 894 610 Location Kirkby Malham,
North YorkshireCountry England Denomination Anglican Website St Michael,
Kirkby MalhamHistory Dedication Saint Michael the Archangel Architecture Status Parish church Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade I Designated 20 February 1958 Architect(s) Paley and Austin (restoration) Architectural type Church Style Gothic Specifications Materials Millstone grit Administration Parish Kirkby-in-Malhamdale Deanery Bowland Archdeaconry Craven Diocese Bradford Province York Clergy Vicar(s) Revd Hilary Mary Baker St Michael's Church, Kirkby Malham, is located in the village of Kirkby Malham, North Yorkshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Bowland, the archdeaconry of Craven, and the diocese of Bradford.[1] It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.[2]
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History
It is thought that the church originated no later than the 9th century, and possibly as early as the 7th century, although there is no mention of the church in the Domesday Book.[3] By 1199 the advowson of the church was owned by West Dereham Abbey. The whole church was completely rebuilt in the 15th century.[3] It was restored in 1879–81 by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin.[4]
Architecture
Exterior
The church is constructed in millstone grit, with roofs of lead, slate, and stone slate. Its plan consists of a four bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, both with side chapels, a south porch, a north hearse house, a two-bay chancel, and a west tower. The tower is in two stages, with diagonal buttresses.[2] Towards the top of the southeast tower are the carved coat of arms of Fountains Abbey. There are more coats of arms on the southwest buttress.[3] The tower contains a three-light west window, a trefoil-headed niche on the south side, clock faces on the east and west sides, and three-light bell openings on each side. At the summit of the tower is an embattled parapet.[2] The porch contains two consecration crosses.[3] Along the side of the south aisle, and in its west wall, are three-light windows. The south chapel is known as the Lambert Chapel. This has a doorway on the west side and a three-light window on the east side. The north aisle contains two-light windows at the west end and along the sides, a blocked entrance and a hearse house. The north chapel is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. It has a three-light east window. The windows on the south of the clerestory have three-light windows, and the windows on the north side have two-lights. The parapet of both clerestories is embattled. In the east wall of the chancel is a five-light window.[2]
Interior
Inside the church three of the piers of the arcades contain trefoil-headed niches. In the north aisle are some box pews dating from the 17th and early 18th centuries. The baptistry contains a font dating from the 11th century. This is decorated with zigzag moulding, and is set on a 19th-century base. In the south aisle are two piscinae.[2] The single-manual organ was built at an uncertain date by Isaac Abbott of Leeds.[5] The ring consists of eight bells. The oldest of these were cast in 1602 and 1617 by William Oldfield of York, one was cast in 1785 by Robert Dalton, and fourth was by John Warner & Sons and is dated 1897. The other four bells were cast by Eijsbouts in 2002.[6]
See also
- List of ecclesiastical works by Paley and Austin
References
- ^ Kirkby-in-Malhamdale: St Michael the Archangel, Kirkby in Malhamdale, Church of England, http://www.achurchnearyou.com/kirkby-in-malhamdale-st-michael-the-archangel/, retrieved 6 September 2011
- ^ a b c d e Church of St Michael the Archangel, Kirkby Malham (1132389). National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
- ^ a b c d Baron, Revd W. R. N. (1926), The Story of the Church of St Michael the Archangel at Kirkby in Malhamdale (2nd ed.), KirkbyMalham.info, http://www.kirkbymalham.info/KMI/kirkbymalham/churchguide.html#, retrieved 6 September 2011
- ^ Price, James (1998), Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942, Lancaster: Centre for North-West Regional Studies, p. 83, ISBN 1-86220-054-8
- ^ Yorkshire, West Riding (Yorkshire, North), Kirkby Malham, St. Michael the Archangel (K00129), British Institute of Organ Studies, http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=K00129, retrieved 6 September 2011
- ^ Kirkby Malham, S Michael Archangel, Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers, http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=Kirkby+Malham&Submit=+Go+&DoveID=KIRKBY+MLH, retrieved 6 September 2011
Categories:- English Gothic architecture
- Gothic Revival architecture in North Yorkshire
- Church of England churches in North Yorkshire
- Grade I listed churches
- Grade I listed buildings in North Yorkshire
- Diocese of Bradford
- Paley and Austin buildings
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