Carlisle Stanwix: St Michael

Name:
Carlisle Stanwix: St Michael
Record Type:
Church
Church code:
607083
Diocese:
Carlisle
Archdeaconry:
Carlisle
Parish:
Stanwix

Statutory Designation Information

Listed Building?
This is a Grade II Listed Building
View more information about this Listed Building on the National Heritage List for England web site
Scheduled Monument?
There is a Scheduled Monument within the curtilage or precinct
View more information about this Scheduled Monument on the National Heritage List for England web site

National Park

The church is not in a National Park

Conservation Area

The church is in the following Conservation Area: Stanwix

Heritage At Risk Status

On Heritage At Risk Register?
This church is not on the Heritage at Risk Register
 

Approximate Date

Approximate Date:
Victorian/Pre-WWI

Exterior Image

Exterior image of 607083 Carlisle Stanwix St Michael
Caption:
Exterior image of 607083 Carlisle Stanwix St Michael
Description:
Photograph of the exterior of St Michael church Carlisle Stanwix taken 24 April 2008
Year / Date:
2008
Copyright:
Alexander P Kapp
Originator:
Alexander P Kapp

Summary Description

The effect of an elegant exterior with a fine tower where clasped buttresses project to form corner pinnacles is rather let down by an austere interior which has suffered from the early loss of the gallery. Described as built in ‘Commissioner’s style’ St. Michael’s is very close in style to the church of St. John the Evangelist, Houghton. The exterior is of red sandstone, finely worked and with pinnacles rising from the clasped buttresses to the corners of the gable ends as well as the tower. Stonework is suffering the stone decay characteristic of the material used. The interior has a ribbed vaulted and painted plaster ceiling in the apse and flat painted plaster ceiling in the nave with applied mouldings and brackets supported on corbels. The principal element of interest in the interior is the collection of fine memorial plaques by John Kirkbride, Thomas Nelson, Christopher Woodall, Bedford and Paul Nixon.

Visiting and Facilities

The church is open for worship.
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Church Website

Church Website:
http://www.stanwixchurch.org

Sources and Further Information

Alexander P Kapp (2008) Exterior image of 607083 Carlisle Stanwix St Michael [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Exterior image of 607083 Carlisle Stanwix St Michael
Alexander P Kapp (2008) Interior image of 607083 Carlisle Stanwix St Michael [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Interior image of 607083 Carlisle Stanwix St Michael
Church of England (2021) A Church Near You https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/12272/ [Digital Archive/Index]
View information on worship and access at this church
ICBS (1817-1989) Incorporated Church Building Society Archive https://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/detail/LPLIBLPL~34~34~76733~112772 [Archive/Graphic material]

Groundplan

ICBS File Number - 02809

Coverage - 1841-1845

Created by ?HODGSON, John: fl. 1841-68 of Carlisle

Church Buildings Council (2019) Church Bells 1 Bell [Archive/Index]
1 Bell