List entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
List entry Number: 1127298
Location
CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, ST MICHAELS LANE
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| Cambridgeshire | South Cambridgeshire | District Authority | Longstanton |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II*
Date first listed: 31-Aug-1962
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 50826
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List entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
TL 46NW LONGSTANTON ST. MICHAELS LANE
(East Side)
5/77 Church of St. Michael
31.8.62
GV II*
Church. Mostly early C13 with chancel rebuilt 1884.
Fieldstones with Barnack limestone dressings and reed thatch and
tiled roofs. Original end parapets to nave with gabled double
bellcote to West gable end. Nave with North and South aisles,
South porch and chancel. West gable has two four stage
buttresses and restored C14 West window. South porch probably
rebuilt C19 incorporating some old material including some
clunch in a niche above the outer archway, also partly of
clunch. Inner arch, C13, two centred double chamfered arch with
outer carried on shafts, restored. The chancel has three C19
lancet windows to the South wall, probably on site of original.
The North doorway is of two chamfered orders the outer on
attached shafts with moulded capital and base. The North wall
of the nave contains dressed ashlar indicating earlier
openings. Interior: Early C13 nave arcade of four bays with
two centred arches of two chamfered orders on alternating round
and octagonal columns with round or octagonal capitals and
holdwater bases. Chancel arch similar with half octagonal
responds. The double piscina in the chancel is of clunch,
partly restored, and has intersecting work in a square head.
The church is now in the care of the Redundant Churches Fund.
Pevsner. Buildings of England p.433
R.C.H.M. record card
Listing NGR: TL4029365854
Selected Sources
- Article Reference - Author: Nikolaus Pevsner - Title: Cambridgeshire - Date: 1954 - Journal Title: The Buildings of England - Page References: 433
National Grid Reference: TL 40293 65854
Map
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