Benchmark - St Michael & All Angels - Church Broughton, Derbyshire
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N 52° 54.055 W 001° 41.785
30U E 587681 N 5862043
Benchmark on the south west corner of St Michael & All Angels' bell tower, Church Broughton.
Waymark Code: WM10PC8
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/06/2019
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Benchmark on the south west corner of St Michael & All Angels' bell tower, Church Broughton.
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Square |
Easting |
Northing |
Mark type |
Description |
Height |
Order |
Datum |
Verified year |
Metres above ground |
|
SK |
2050 |
3375 |
CUT MARK |
ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS CH TWR S ANG SE BUTT W FACE |
76.983 |
3 |
'N' |
1967 |
0.500 |
"Parish Church. C12, early C14, C15, early C18 and 1845. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings. Chamfered plinth. Low-pitched C15 lead roofs with stone coped gables. West tower, aisled nave with south porch and chancel.
The west tower has angle buttresses with three set-offs and a north-east stair turret, polygonal and semicircular. The ground stage has a C14 cusped ogee lancet with hoodmould to south, a 2-light window with Y-tracery set in chamfered surround to west, and 2-light cusped Dec bell-openings to all faces. Battlements with large gargoyles and C19 circular pinnacles. Stone spire with a single tier of lucarnes. C14 roof line visible on the east face of the tower. C19 gabled south porch. The south aisle has four buttresses and two 2-light C14 windows with cusped ogee tracery, renewed in the right hand window. South aisle east window of three cusped lancet lights, like the tower west window, probably of c1300. C15 clerestory with three plain early C18 2-light mullioned windows. The south side of the chancel has three buttresses with two set-offs, and from left to right, a 3-light mullioned and transomed window with re-used C14 cusped tracery, set in a chamfered surround. Below is a renewed cusped ogee tomb recess with quatrefoil frieze on the tomb chest. Priests doorway with two moulded orders , and two 2-light cusped ogee windows in chamfered surrounds. String course beneath the window. 5-light east window with reticulated tracery and hoodmould. The north side of the chancel has three buttresses and three 2-light windows, as on the south side. North aisle east window of c1300, similar to the south aisle east window. North aisle north wall rebuilt in ashlar in 1845, with two 2-light windows similar to those on the south side. Clerestory on south side. South doorway with roll and hollow mouldings and moulded imposts."
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