St Michael's Church, Weeton

St Michael's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Weeton, Lancashire, England. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn. It was built in 1843 and enlarged in 1846. It has been designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage.

St Michael's, Weeton
St Michael's, Weeton Location in the Borough of Fylde
OS grid reference	SD 3846034103
Location	Weeton, Lancashire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	11 June 1986
Architect(s)	E. H. Shellard (enlargement)
Completed	1843
Specifications
Materials	red brick with stone dressings
Administration
Deanery	Kirkham
Archdeaconry	Lancaster
Diocese	Blackburn
Province	York
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Rev Robert Marks

History

St Michael's Church was built in 1843 on land granted by the 13th Earl of Derby.[1][2] It became a parish church in 1846.[3] In 1852, architect E. H. Shellard enlarged the west end of the church.[1] St Michael's was designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage in 1986.[2] The Grade II listing is for buildings that are "nationally important and of special interest".[4]

Architecture

St Michael's is constructed in the Early English style, of red brick with stone dressings. The roof is slate.[2] At the west end of the building there is a bellcote with a miniature spire.[1][2] The plan consists of a nave and a chancel. To the north of the nave is a porch at the main entrance, and to the south of the chancel is a vestry. There are coupled lancet windows, and a triple lancet window in the west wall.[2]

Internally, the roof's timber structure includes strutted king posts and arched braces. The nave has four bays and the chancel one. The church furniture includes a wooden pulpit, a matching minister's desk and original wooden pews Which have doors. Memorials include a brass tablet dedicated to Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, erected "by the servants employed on his North Lancashire Estates 1893".[2]

There is a small square organ by T. and C. Lane of Earl Shilton, Leicestershire.[2]

Churchyard

The graveyard contains the war graves of two British Army soldiers of World War I, and an airman of World War II.[5]

See also

• Listed buildings in Weeton-with-Preese
• List of works by E. H. Shellard

References

Footnotes

1. Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), pp. 683–84
2. Historic England, "Church Of St Michael, Church Road (1164259)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 April 2011
3. Farrer & Brownbill, pp. 176–78
4. Listed Buildings, English Heritage, 2010, retrieved 22 August 2011
5. CWGC Cemetery Report. Breakdown obtained from casualty record.

Sources

• Farrer, William; Brownbill, J., eds. (1912), "Townships — Weeton-with-Preese", A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 7, retrieved 2 April 2011
• Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-12667-0