St Michael the Archangel, Felton
St Michael the Archangel, Felton
St Michael the Archangel is a Grade II parish church at Felton, Herefordshire, in the Diocese of Hereford and the ecclesiastical parish of Felton and Preston Wynne.
- Location
- Felton, Herefordshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Herefordshire
- City / town
- Felton
- Address
- Felton, Herefordshire, HR1 3PH
- Postcode
- HR1 3PH
- Built
- 1853-54; porch and tower roof 1891
- Architect
- Thomas Nicholson of Hereford; 1891 additions by Nicholson and Son
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Michael
- Diocese
- Hereford
- Parish
- Felton and Preston Wynne
- Grade
- II
- Style
- Decorated Gothic Revival
- Materials
- Coursed local grey sandstone with buff dressings; slate roof
- Grid reference
- SO 579 485
- Opening hours
- Sorry, there are no regular opening times for this church.
- Access
- Ramp or level access available on request
Overview
Historic England and the listing description record a Gothic Revival church of 1853-54 by Thomas Nicholson of Hereford, one of his earliest works, with a south porch and pyramid roof to the tower added in 1891 by Nicholson and Son, who also enlarged the vestry. The fabric is coursed local grey sandstone with buff-coloured dressings and a slate roof: nave with lower, narrower chancel, west tower, south porch and north vestry.
The church is in Decorated style. The three-stage tower has diagonal buttresses, a north-east turret, two-light louvred bell openings and a pyramidal shingle roof behind an embattled parapet. A niche above the south entrance holds a figure of St Michael. Most fittings, including benches and glass, belong to the 1850s; the listing notes the benches as a good example of maintained family pews. The east window has geometrical tracery and stained glass depicting Christ.