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St Michael's Church
St Michael's Church from the southwest
St Michael's ChurchLocation in Allerdale, CumbriaShow map of the former Allerdale BoroughSt Michael's ChurchLocation in Cumbria, EnglandShow map of Cumbria
54°57′09″N 3°12′49″W / 54.9524°N 3.2135°W / 54.9524; -3.2135
OS grid reference	NY 224,627
Location	Bowness-on-Solway, Cumbria
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Michael, Bowness-on-Solway
History
Status	Parish church
Dedication	Saint Michael
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Designated	11 April 1967
Architect(s)	Paley, Austin and Paley (north transept)
Style	Norman, English Gothic architecture, Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	12th century
Specifications
Diameter	1891
Materials	Sandstone, slate roofs
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Carlisle
Archdeaconry	Carlisle
Deanery	Carlisle
Parish	Bowness
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Revd Peter Blackett

St Michael's Church is in the village of Bowness-on-Solway, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Carlisle, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of St Bride, Kirkbride, and St John the Evangelist, Newton Arlosh. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

History

The church dates from the 12th century, with a restoration in the 18th century. A north transept was added in 1891 by the Lancaster architects Paley, Austin and Paley.

Architecture

Exterior

St Michael's is constructed in red and calciferous sandstone, taken from the nearby Hadrian's Wall, with a green slate roof. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave, a south porch, a north transept, and a single-bay chancel with a north vestry. At the west end of the church is a double bellcote, standing on a large buttress; it has arched openings and is surmounted by an oblong pyramidal roof. There are doorways on the north and south sides of the church, both of which are Norman. Both are damaged and have one order of columns. There is also one Norman window on the north side of the chancel; the other windows are Victorian. Most of these are lancet windows, other than the three-light windows in the east and south walls of the chancel.

Interior

The font is Norman, and stands on a shaft dating from 1848. The stained glass in the east window dates from 1891, and is by Daniel Bell. The rest of the glass is from the 20th century. In the north transept are windows by Clayton and Bell dated 1900, and by Powells, dated 1918. On the west side of the church are two windows by Millican, Baguley and Atkinson of Newcastle, dated 1954. On the south side is a window by A. E. Buss, dated 1957, depicting the Good Samaritan, and windows by R. R. Nichol, dated 1990, showing Christ with young people, and Alex Haynes, dated 1999, depicting Saint Michael.

See also

• Grade II* listed buildings in Allerdale
• Listed buildings in Bowness
• List of works by Paley, Austin and Paley

References

1. St Michael, Bowness-on-Solway, Church of England, retrieved 20 October 2011
2. ^ Historic England, "Church of St Michael, Bowness (1137007)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 October 2011
3. Price, James (1998), Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942, Lancaster: Centre for North-West Regional Studies, p. 90, ISBN 1-86220-054-8
4. Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2010) , Cumbria, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 162–163, ISBN 978-0-300-12663-1

External links

• Photographs on Visit Cumbria

• Church of England church buildings in Cumbria
• Grade II* listed churches in Cumbria
• English churches with Norman architecture
• English Gothic architecture in Cumbria
• Gothic Revival architecture in Cumbria
• Diocese of Carlisle
• Paley, Austin and Paley buildings
• Cumberland (unitary authority)