Nominal: 695 Hz Weight: 1835 lbs Diameter: 44.88" Bell 1 of 10
Founded by Gillett & Johnston 1923
Dove Bell ID: 6224 Tower ID: 13354 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Southampton: St Michael the Archangel
Diocese of Winchester
Church, 641326
http://www.stmichaels1070.org.uk/Overview
Grid reference: SU 419 112
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 679 m²
Description of Archaeology and History
Probably first built between 1066 and 1076 the church has a complex architectural history. Originally a cruciform church with a central crossing tower it had by the late 14th or early 15th century become rectangular.
In the late 12th century aisles were built and the chancel enlarged: in the 13th century north and south chapels were added and from this period date two trefoiled piscinas, one in the north chapel, the other against the north wall of the tower in what was originally the transept. About 1400 the aisles and chapels were widened, thereby absorbing the transepts.
About 1400 the aisles and chapels were widened, thereby absorbing the transepts. Four windows in the north aisle and chapel are probably late 14th century and have much of their original tracery. The west doorway, flat-arched in a square frame, is 15th century, In the chancel is a particularly attractive piscina of about 1400, ogee-arched with crockets and pinnacles. About 1500 a chantry chapel was added to the south of the south chapel but of this only a blocked arch remains. Between 1828 and 1829 alterations were made by Francis Goodwin, primarily to allow galleries to be constructed: the aisles were heightened, the north aisle was extended west level with the nave and the mediaeval nave arcades replaced by slender, plastered arcades in the Perpendicular Style.
In 1872 the galleries were removed and the plaster stripped from the walls. Goodwin's slender, tall arcades against the whitened rubble walls are an effective foil to the austere tower arches. The upper part of the tower was rebuilt in the Middle Ages and the small bell-stage lights date from 1877, when the stone spire which had replaced a mediaeval one in 1732 was heightened by nine feet.
Exterior Description
The base of the original tower remains; the round arches, built of smooth-faced irregularly jointed stone and of a single order, are without decoration. The Norman nave was as wide as the present nave; part of its west wall survives, with flat buttresses which were originally at the angles of the unaisled church.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
Post-war
The post-war east window (by G.S. Kinder) shows the former parish churches of the walled town - St. John (conjecturally),Reveley's All Saints, the 1861 spire of St. Lawrence, Holy Rood, and St. Michael.
Building Materials
Limestone
11th Century
Fossiliferous
Limestone
11th Century
Limestone
Interior
Interior Description
The arcades are of two chamfered orders, the inner orders resting on concave-sided octagonal capitals supported by face and foliage capitals. Similar corbels and capitals terminate the shafts which rise to support the beam-ends of the spindly roof.
Fixtures and fittings
Font (object)
1170
One of only six Tournai marble fonts in England. It has a large square bowl decorated with twelve round panels: eleven are filled with grotesque figures with turned heads, gnashing teeth and (in most instances) wings. The twelfth panel has a crude representation of a man.
Lectern
15th Century
Two brass eagle lecterns
Bells
Nominal: 1736 Hz Weight: 382 lbs Diameter: 23.56" Bell 2 of 10
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1947
Dove Bell ID: 39819 Tower ID: 13354 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Nominal: 1566 Hz Weight: 398 lbs Diameter: 24.5" Bell 3 of 10
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1947
Dove Bell ID: 39820 Tower ID: 13354 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Nominal: 1388 Hz Weight: 455 lbs Diameter: 26" Bell 4 of 10
Founded by Gillett & Johnston 1923
Dove Bell ID: 39821 Tower ID: 13354 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Nominal: 1303 Hz Weight: 500 lbs Diameter: 27.13" Bell 5 of 10
Founded by Gillett & Johnston 1923
Dove Bell ID: 39822 Tower ID: 13354 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Nominal: 1159 Hz Weight: 577 lbs Diameter: 29" Bell 6 of 10
Founded by Gillett & Johnston 1923
Dove Bell ID: 39823 Tower ID: 13354 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Nominal: 1040 Hz Weight: 649 lbs Diameter: 31.25" Bell 7 of 10
Founded by Gillett & Johnston 1923
Dove Bell ID: 39824 Tower ID: 13354 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Nominal: 922 Hz Weight: 841 lbs Diameter: 34.06" Bell 8 of 10
Founded by Gillett & Johnston 1923
Dove Bell ID: 39825 Tower ID: 13354 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Nominal: 867 Hz Weight: 942 lbs Diameter: 35.88" Bell 9 of 10
Founded by Gillett & Johnston 1923
Dove Bell ID: 39826 Tower ID: 13354 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Nominal: 782 Hz Weight: 1297 lbs Diameter: 40.25" Bell 10 of 10
Founded by Gillett & Johnston 1923
Dove Bell ID: 39827 Tower ID: 13354 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: SU 419 112
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | No |
| Solar Thermal Panels | No |
| Biomass | No |
| Wind Turbine | No |
| Air Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ev Charging | No |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
Further information
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