Listed Building record MDO26308 - Church of St Michael, Winterbourne Steepleton

Parish church, originally of late Saxon foundation. The carving of the angel, now in chancel is notable.

Church of St Micheal and All Angels at Winterbourne Steepleton. The existence of a stone church on this site before the Norman Conquest seems to follow from the survival of a carved stone angel dated by Talbot Rice to the early 10th century, and now built into the south wall about 3 feet from the ground. The massive quoins, the stone rubble walls only 32 inches thick, and the north and south doorways with hood moulds and solid stone tympana, make it certain that the fabric of the nave is either late Saxon or early Norman, probably the former. The earliest surviving window is an Early English lancet now opening to the tower. The south porch and the tower are 14th century, and the chancel was rebuilt in the 15th century. <2-5> Full description of the late 10th-early 11th century angel depiction built into the North wall of the chancel, which has strong affinities with the Bradford-on-Avon angels. This was formerly built into a buttress 2.75m East of the next fragment. An inscribed slab fragment of 10th-11th century is built into the external South wall of the nave aisle. Full description of both fragments. <5>

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