Church of Saint Michael, Weston under Wetherley

Heritage listing

Details WESTON-UNDER-WETHERLEY Rugby Road 12/352 Church of Saint Michael 11.4.67 GV I Parish church. Consists of chancel, north chapel, nave, north aisle, west tower, vestry and south porch. Evidence of a C12 church in north and south walls of chancel, consisting of two semi-circular headed blocked windows. Early in C13 church almost entirely rebuilt. Tower built early in C14 except the top stage which added late in C14. North chapel built in C16 and in modern times vestry and south porch. Built of red sandstone ashlar but later parts in a light coloured sandstone. Roofs covered in plain tiles. C13 east window of chancel is of three pointed lights with plain tracery and pointed arch. On south side chancel is a C13 window of two-pointed lights and to west a two-light square headed C17 window. Between them is a narrow pointed doorway. C16 chapel built against north wall of chancel. East window of three-cinquefoil lights with a four-centred arch, and on north side are two 2-light cinquefoil windows with square heads all contemporary with chapel. In south wall of nave are three windows, the one to west is early Cl4, other two of similar design are modern. The original has two-trefoil lights with plain tracery in a pointed arch. The south doorway has a pointed arch with wave moulding. In front of door is modern gabled porch. Modern vestry built at western end of north aisle embracing original north door. It has a low pitched gable to north and is lighted by two windows of 2-cinquefoil lights with square heads on north and west and single conquefoil light on east. The north aisle is lighted by three small lancet windows, two in north wall and one in west and above these the wall was raised in late C14 and two windows of two-trefoil lights with plain tracery and four-centred h

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.