Nominal: 1350 Hz Weight: 252 lbs Diameter: 22" Bell 1 of 2
Founded by William Scott 1672
Dove Bell ID: 50739 Tower ID: 18156 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Barton: St Michael
Diocese of Carlisle
Church, 607122
http://www.ullswater-churches.org.ukOverview
Grid reference: NY 487 263
The plan of the church is dominated by the massive central tower. The tower and east end of the church are C12th with narrow round arched openings on the east / west axis to the base of the tower which will have formed the Narthex to the early church. These openings have later been widened with lower segmental arches in an attempt to improve visual continuity between the east end and the later west end of the church. The church has been extensively enlarged and altered at several periods of its history. The west end, the south doorway and the south aisle arcade appear to be early to mid C13th, north aisle arcade and south chapel, c1300, tower arches and south chapel arch early C14th, west and north windows and south and east chapel windows early C16th, altar rail and east panelling C17th. The south aisle arcade is carried on octagonal shafts and capitals. The north aisle arcade is carried on quatrefoil shafts and capitals with fillet mouldings to the shafts. The present roof structures are C19th and there is a C19th carved timber pulpit and reading desk. There are floor and wall memorials from the mediaeval period until the C17th. Walling stone is of sandstone ranging in colour from red through mauve to buff and is laid uncoursed, coursed or random coursed in a pattern that would suggest a need for careful interpretation of building phases.
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Nave, N and S aisles, N vestry (converted from stable), S chapel, central tower, chancel, S porch.
Dimensions:
Chancel 38’ x 18’6’’; S chapel 38’6’’ x 10’4’’; Tower 12’4’’ x 13’9’’; Nave 40’9’’ x 21’; N and S aisles each 8’6’’ wide.
Footprint of Church buildings: 435 m²
Description of Archaeology and History
To come
Exterior Description
9xII- Monuments (8) and mounting block
Building Fabric and Features
Nave
12th century
Aisle
13th century north
Aisle
13th century south
Tower (component)
12th century central
Chancel
14th century
Vestry
20th century converted from north aisle and C18 stabling
Chapel (component)
14th century
Porch
17th century south
Building Materials
Sandstone
12th - 17th century rubble with dressings and ashlar
Slate
19th century roof
Timber
12th - 14th century roof structure
Interior
Interior Description
The inner S entrance is round-headed, with three orders (the outer plain, the middle chamfered and the inner moulded); below, two orders of shafts and high, simply moulded capitals and bases; the outer shafts are modern. There are some memorials attached to the walls of the S porch and stone benches L and R.
The nave has a waggon-boarded roof of 1904. The nave arcades were broken through the Norman N and S walls in the C13 (the S arcade may be earlier or later than the N). The N arcade is of three bays with two-centred arches of two chamfered orders; the piers have each four grouped and filleted shafts with moulded capitals and bases, and the responds have moulded corbels, the eastern with a carved head. The S arcade is of three bays with two-centred arches of two chamfered orders; the columns are octagonal with moulded capitals and bases and the responds have attached half-columns. On the soffit of the rear-arch is a panel with the monogram L.L. and a shield-of-arms of Lancaster.
The E and W walls of the tower have each a C12 round arch of two orders on the W face, the inner moulded and the outer chamfered; the responds have chamfered imposts; the lower parts of the responds of both arches have been removed for the insertion of a broader C14 arch of segmental form and of one moulded order continued down the jambs. The superimposed arches are an extraordinary and dramatic feature of the building. In the S wall of the ground stage is a round-headed 12th-century window; the stage has a rubble barrel-vault running N and S: “a highly exceptional, decidedly Northern feature” (Buildings of England), its thick render showing marks of basket form-work. The second stage has a set-back at the base of the C14 heightening; the E, S and W walls have each a C14 window of two pointed lights, the S window stepped inside; the window in the N. wall is blocked. On the E wall of the tower are the marks of a lower roof of the chancel. A tiny door high up on the W wall of the tower (on the nave side) gave access to the space above (original access to the tower and the bells).
The chancel, lengthened in the C14, is windowless on the N. The chancel has a waggon roof. In the S wall of the chancel is a C14 segmental arch of two chamfered orders; the E respond has an attached shaft with a moulded capital, a shield of the arms of Lancaster and two carved heads; the W respond has a corbel carved with a crude bust holding a shield of Lancaster; E of the arch is the W jamb and part of the arch of a destroyed C13 doorway; above it is the E jamb and part of the head of a window or opening, perhaps of the C13. Incorporated in N wall of chancel is a 14th-century panel with two quatrefoils, and in the S wall, fragments of 12th-century detail. There is C17 panelling around the sanctuary. The floor to the sanctuary is paved in marble, 1911.
From the chancel, a square-headed door N leads to the vestry. A wooden parclose screen divides the chancel from the S chapel: installed in 1911, it incorporates C17 panelling. On the E wall of the S chapel is a moulded semi-octagonal bracket, C15, and beneath the window a slab 5¾ ft. long carved with ornament (rosette, fleur-de-lis, two birds, trees, etc.), 16th-century (see ‘reredos’, below). In the S wall of the S chapel is a piscina, formed of a recess with a trefoiled ogee head of re-used window-tracery, C14, and a drain cut in late-C12 capital with water-leaf foliage. Next to the S chapel doorway is a holy-water stoup, a recess with a round head and broken bowl, probably early-C16. There was formerly a wall between the chapel and the S aisle, removed some time after 1879.
Fixtures and fittings
Altar
20th century High altar: timber, presumably contemporary with wider 1911 refurnishing of chancel. Decorated with blind tracery (pictured). Nave: timber, plain. S chapel: timber, plain.
Pulpit
20th century 1903, timber with stone base: installed as part of the wider restoration and refurnishing of the church. The church guide states that it was presented by J. H. Cumpston of Barton Hall and was carved by his daughters.
Lectern
20th century Chancel: Oak eagle with elaborate pinnacled base, quite fine. Donated in memory of Major W. H. Parkin, d.1911 (in whose memory the parclose screen, choir stalls and E window were also, separately, donated). Nave: Oak, square, with buttresses and pierced decoration. Brass plaque records its donation in memory of Robert Gibson, d. March 31st 1903 (contemporary with the wider restoration and refurnishing of the church). The church guide states that it was carved by Thomas Richardson of Penrith.
Font (component)
13th / 14th century Nave: C13 or C14, stone, octagonal bowl with splayed underside and moulded angles, moulded necking, short stem and moulded base splayed out of square. Repaired with lead. The church guide states that the simple wooden cover dates from the C14, though the pine-cone finial is certainly later.
Font (component)
19th century S chapel: C19, stone, octagonal, the sides decorated with blind tracery and the underside of the bowl well moulded. Brought to the church from Eamont Bridge when the mission church there closed in 1932 (church guide).
Reredos
16th / 17th century No true reredos. However: The chancel has panelling to the sanctuary: beneath the E window are carved the initials L. D. and the date 1609, the year after Lancelot Dawes became vicar. Behind the altar in the E wall of the S chapel is set a C16 stone slab carved with birds, flowers and other ornaments.
Bench (seat)
20th century Oak benches to nave, plain in decoration but of a high quality, 1904.
Stall
20th century Stalls to chancel with well-carved fleur-de-lis poppyheads and frontals pierced with cusped lancets. Installed in memory of Major W. H. Parkin, d.1911, together with the parclose screen, as a brass plaque records.
Rail
17th century Late 17th-century with turned balusters and moulded top-rail.
Screen
20th century Parclose screen on S side of chancel, installed in memory of Major W. H. Parkin, d.1911, together with the choir stalls, as a brass plaque records.
Organ (component)
19th century 1871, by Abbott of Leeds, in the NW corner of the nave. Previously stood in the chancel, then the S aisle.
Plaque (component)
12th - 20th century A large number of wall and floor memorials throughout the church and inset into the exterior walls, medieval to C20. Further memorials of significance are likely to be concealed under the choir stalls. Several memorials in the chancel refer to those buried in the church; others commemorate relatives of the poet laureate William Wordsworth. A number of the furnishings and stained glass windows in the church also bear memorial inscriptions (q.v.) Only a selection of the more notable memorials can be described here. NB the earlier grave-slabs are unlikely to be in their original positions as the floor was relaid throughout the church in 1903.
Inscribed Object
20th century WW1: marble tablet with regimental badge at top centre inscribed: “In proud and loving memory of Donald George de Courcy Parry, Lieut. (Acting Major) R. F. A., dearly loved elder son of C. de Courcy and Gwendoline Mary Parry of Barton House. Killed in action at Senlis, France, on 5th April 1918. Buried at Varennes. Aged 21 years. For his heart’s perennial gladness, For his years undimmed by sadness, For his duty dared and done, For the crown of life well won, We thank thee Lord.”
Stained Glass (window)
20th century W window, 3 light, by Walter Ernest Tower and C. E. Kempe (Tower’s motif features superimposed on Kempe’s signature wheatsheaf). The Annunciation, with St Michael the Archangel. Dated 1912. E window, 3 light. Given in memory of [Major] William Hugh Parkin (d.1911) by his mother, 1913.The Ascension and Christ the Good Shepherd. Nave, N. Two-light. Crests, including maple leaves, set into clear glass. In memory of Basil Arthur Cumpston, d.1962, originally of the parish, and Florence Jane Ashton, d.1952, who both ended their days in Toronto.
Bells
Nominal: 1355.5 Hz Weight: 336 lbs Diameter: 24" Bell 2 of 2
Founded by Unidentified (inscribed) 1863
Dove Bell ID: 50740 Tower ID: 18156 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Portable Furnishings and Artworks
Mid-late C17 bishop’s chair in vestry with turned legs, shaped arms, enriched panelled back and cresting.
Triple-locked chest in S chapel, made 1667 to hold the records of Barton Free Grammar School, its three keys being allocated to three trustees.
Churchyard
Grid reference: NY 487 263
Burial and War Grave Information
The church/building is consecrated.
The churchyard has been used for burial.
The churchyard is used for burial.
The churchyard has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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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.
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'Seek advice' Species
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