Kniveton Derbyshire
Church of St Michael & All Angels, Kniveton Derbyshire. (One of very few smaller churches who reopened at the start of the Covid easing)
Dating from the 12c with late 13c tower
Consisting of a nave and chancel, vestry, west tower and south porch, It has a shallow pitched lead roof with stone coped gables at the east and west end and over the chancel arch.
It was restored again in 1870, the vestry being added in 1907
The plain 12c south doorway has one carved labelstop surviving, at the top a keystone carved with a face. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/v005Kw
The late 13c west tower has a small lancet window and plain chambered door to the nave. . Square-headed two-light bell openings, battlements and short spire are Perpendicular or later.
The north and south walls of the nave with irregular fenestration, all windows square headed, some without divisions others with chamfered mullions. The lights in one north window have segmental heads. All probably placed during the 1663 restoration . The font said to be 13c, has the 1663 date carved on the bowl recording its being brought back into the church, after it was probably thrown out during the Commonwealth , www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/8Kk509
The early 19c west gallery stands on 2 cast-iron columns and the poppy heads on the benches are of the same date .
The chancel east window was also reworked in 19c with Perpendicular style tracery.
The Kniveton family lived here until Sir Andrew Kniveton became so impoverished through his loyalty to Charles l that he had to sell most of his estates.
Kniveton Derbyshire
Church of St Michael & All Angels, Kniveton Derbyshire. (One of very few smaller churches who reopened at the start of the Covid easing)
Dating from the 12c with late 13c tower
Consisting of a nave and chancel, vestry, west tower and south porch, It has a shallow pitched lead roof with stone coped gables at the east and west end and over the chancel arch.
It was restored again in 1870, the vestry being added in 1907
The plain 12c south doorway has one carved labelstop surviving, at the top a keystone carved with a face. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/v005Kw
The late 13c west tower has a small lancet window and plain chambered door to the nave. . Square-headed two-light bell openings, battlements and short spire are Perpendicular or later.
The north and south walls of the nave with irregular fenestration, all windows square headed, some without divisions others with chamfered mullions. The lights in one north window have segmental heads. All probably placed during the 1663 restoration . The font said to be 13c, has the 1663 date carved on the bowl recording its being brought back into the church, after it was probably thrown out during the Commonwealth , www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/8Kk509
The early 19c west gallery stands on 2 cast-iron columns and the poppy heads on the benches are of the same date .
The chancel east window was also reworked in 19c with Perpendicular style tracery.
The Kniveton family lived here until Sir Andrew Kniveton became so impoverished through his loyalty to Charles l that he had to sell most of his estates.