The Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Averham is a
parish church in the
Church of England in
Averham
Averham is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 187, increasing to 294 at the 2011 census. The village is just west of Newark-on-Tre ...
,
Nottinghamshire.
The church is
Grade I listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
by the
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.
Parish structure
The Church of St. Michael and All Angels is part of a joint parish which includes the churches of
St. Wilfrid's Church, Kelham,
St. Wilfrid's Church, North Muskham
St. Wilfrid's Church, North Muskham is a parish church in the Church of England in North Muskham, Nottinghamshire.
The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as a building of outstanding architectural ...
and
St. Wilfrid's Church, South Muskham
St. Wilfrid's Church, South Muskham is a parish church in the Church of England in South Muskham, Nottinghamshire.
The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as a building of outstanding architectura ...
.
Description
The style of masonry in parts of the tower, nave and chancel prove that the structure is of Norman date though the tower arch is later. Also added later were the buttresses and pinnacles of the tower and the south porch (containing letters and shields referring to Sir Thomas Sutton, died 1525, and his wife). There is a fine east window in the chancel and the screen is simple early Perpendicular.
The north window contains some fragments of glass found in
Kelham Hall and put together by Frederick Heathcote Sutton, rector of
St. Helen's Church, Brant Broughton
St Helen's Church is an Anglican church in Brant Broughton, Lincolnshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building.
History
St Helen's Church a medieval church dedicated to ' St Helen' dating from the 13th century. It was heavily restored by ...
in
Lincolnshire. Additionally, there is some late Victorian stained glass by
Heaton, Butler and Bayne.
There is a wall monument to
Robert Sutton, 1st Baron Lexinton who died in 1668. There are also two medieval memorials, a foliated cross and an effigy of a layman (poorly preserved).
The church was the site of inspiration for the fourth movement of
T.S Eliot's poem
Burnt Norton, part of his
Four Quartets.
[ Gardner, Helen. ''The Composition of Four Quartets''. Oxford University Press, 1978, p. 38. http://www.solearabiantree.net/namingofparts/pdf/gardnercompositionoffourquartets.pdf]
See also
*
Grade I listed buildings in Nottinghamshire
*
Listed buildings in Averham
Averham is a civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. The parish contains seven Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one ...
References
Sources
*The Buildings of England, Nottinghamshire.
Nikolaus Pevsner
Grade I listed churches in Nottinghamshire
Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire
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