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St Michael's Church, Bootle
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| OS grid reference | SD 107 884 |
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| Location | Bootle, Cumbria |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | St Michael, Bootle |
| History | |
| Dedication | Saint Michael |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 8 September 1967 |
| Architect(s) | H. J. Underwood (transepts) |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Stone, slate roofs |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Bootle |
| Deanery | Calder |
| Archdeaconry | West Cumberland |
| Diocese | Carlisle |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | Revd Ian James |
St Michael's Church, Bootle, is located in the village of Bootle, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Calder, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice has been united with those of St John the Baptist, Corney, St Mary, Whicham, and St Mary, Whitbeck.[1] The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.[2]
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The church originated in the medieval era, but was considerably restored during the 19th century.[2] The transepts were added in 1837 by H. J. Underwood, who changed the windows in the nave to match those in the transepts. Building of the tower started soon after 1850, but was not completed until 1882.[3] Fittings in the chancel and the pulpit were added in 1890 by the Lancaster architects Paley, Austin and Paley.[4]
St Michael's is constructed in stone rubble with ashlar dressings, the chancel is roughcast, and the roofs are slated. Its plan is cruciform, consisting of a two-bay nave with north and south transepts, a chancel with a south organ loft, and a west tower. The tower has angle buttresses, with a west doorway, and two lancet windows and a clock face above it. The bell openings consist of pairs of louvred lancets, flanked by a blind lancet on each side. Above these is a Lombard frieze under a coped parapet with corner pinnacles. On the summit of the tower is a pyramidal roof surmounted by a cross. The nave contains lancet windows. In the transepts are stepped triple lancets with single lancets on the sides. The east window is round-headed with three lights, above which is a coped gable with a cross. On the north side of the chancel is a two-light window and a doorway. On the south side is the organ loft with lancet windows.[2]
At the entrances to the transepts are two-bay arcades. The chancel arch is round and double chamfered. The font is octagonal and stands on a 19th-century base. It it carved with shields, the initials R. B., and the Hudleston arms, and carries an inscription in black letters. In the chancel is a piscina in a 19th-century surround, and a brass to Sir Hugh Askew who died in 1561.[2] The stained glass in the east window is by Hardman, in the north wall of the chancel is a window dated 1899 by Henry Holiday, and in the transepts are windows by Ward and Hughes dating from the mid-1880s.[3] The two manual organ was built in about 1890 by Gray and Davison, and was restored and revoiced in 1945 by Wilkinson.[5]
In the churchyard is an ashlar sundial consisting of three round steps and a baluster shaft. It dates probably from the 18th century, and is listed at Grade II.[6] Also in the churchyard, and listed at Grade II is a monument dated 1780 consisting of a carved headstone.[7] The churchyard cross, dating from 1897 was designed by Paley, Austin and Paley.[3]