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Key Image St Michael and All Angels
School Road
GL52 8BA Bishop's Cleeve
United Kingdom
Denomination: Anglican
Congregation: Bishops Cleeve (Diocese of Gloucester, Archdeaconry of Cheltenham, Tewkesbury and Winchcombe)
Geogr. Coordinates: 51.94811° N, 2.05853° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1170
Architectural style: Romanesque
Building type: Hall church
Description: Three-aisled, predominantly Norman hall church with transept and tower over the crossing.
Name derivation: From St Michael the Archangel
Noteworthy
  • Norman stone work (12th – 14th cent., including a “Green Man”)
Noteworthy
  • Norman wooden chest (12th cent.)
  • Norman wall painting in former window niche (12th cent.)
  • Classroom over the porch (12th cent., wall painting of a lion 1818)
  • Oldest wooden stairs in England still in use (15th cent.)
  • Musicians’ gallery (17th cent., oak)
History:
8th cent.:   Anglo-Saxon precursor building
1170:   Construction of the current church
1280:   Enlargement of the chancel
1300:   Enlargement of the north aisle
1310:   Enlargement of the south aisle, inclusion of the pre-existing Chantry Chapel
About 1600:   Enlargement of the arcade arches between the nave and the aisles by removing every other column
1700:   Reconstruction of the tower after collapse
1890:   Restoration
Important persons:
Patron:  Michael (Archangel)
Sources
St Michael and All Angels: Kirchenführer „St Michael and All Angels“, Bishop’s Cleeve
Surman, Richard: Betjeman’s Best British Churches, Collins, London 2011
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