St Michael and All Angels is a parish church in the
Church of England in
Hubberholme
Hubberholme is an old village in Upper Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England, at the point where Langstrothdale meets Wharfedale. It is quite secluded and the nearest village is Buckden.
The village was a favourite place ...
,
North Yorkshire. It is a
Grade II* listed building. The church, and the neighbouring George Inn, were favourite locations of the author
J. B. Priestley, whose ashes are buried in the churchyard.
History
The church dates from the 12th century,
although some sources suggest it was built on the site of an earlier chapel.
The construction of the chapel has been attributed to the
de Percys who are said to have built it as a
chapel of ease
A chapel of ease (or chapel-of-ease) is a church architecture, church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently.
Often a chapel of ea ...
within the confines of their
deer park at
Langstrothdale Chase. It was largely rebuilt in the 16th and 17th centuries, and restored in the 19th and 20th.
St Michael's, and the neighbouring George Inn, were favourite locations of the author
J. B. Priestley. Born in
Manningham, a suburb of
Bradford
Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...
in West Yorkshire, Priestley was a frequent visitor to Hubberholme which he described as the "smallest, pleasantest place in the world". His ashes are buried in the churchyard and he is commemorated by a plaque in the church.
A pane in one of the
stained glass windows celebrates
George Andrew Hobson, a late
Victorian
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civil engineer
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who lived in the village. The pane depicts his
Victoria Falls Bridge
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, which crosses the
Zambezi River just below the
Victoria Falls, between
Zimbabwe and
Zambia and was constructed in 1905.
The church remains an active church in the parish of Upper Wharfedale and Littondale.
Architecture and description
St Michael and All Angels’ is built of
limestone rubble under a lead roof and comprises a
nave,
chancel,
aisles, a southern porch and a western tower.
The interior is notable for its painted
rood screen
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which dates from 1558 and survived
Elizabethan
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attempts to remove such structures.
It was restored in the 20th century.
The church also has furnishings, including the
pews,
choir stalls and chairs, by
Robert "Mouseman" Thompson, a 20th-century furniture maker, which are decorated with his ''Mouse''
motif
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General concepts
* Motif (chess composition), an element of a move in the consideration of its purpose
* Motif (folkloristics), a recurring element that creates recognizable patterns in folklore and folk-art traditions
* Moti ...
.
A
Jacobean altar, originally in the chapel at
University College, Oxford, was donated to the church in 1862. The church is a
Grade II* listed building.
See also
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Grade II* listed buildings in North Yorkshire
The county of North Yorkshire is divided into 11 Districts of England, districts. The districts of North Yorkshire are Selby (district), Selby, Harrogate (borough), Harrogate, Craven District, Craven, Richmondshire, Hambleton District, Hambleto ...
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Listed buildings in Buckden, North Yorkshire
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Church of England church buildings in North Yorkshire
Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire