---
title: "St Michael, Barton"
description: "Located in Barton, Cumbria. Built C12 nave and central tower; aisles C13–c.1300; chancel lengthened C14. Diocese of Carlisle. Grade I. Norman and Gothic; central tower style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Cumbria","Barton","Grade I","Norman","Central Tower"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-michael-barton"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T01:15:40.721Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-07T20:34:12.391Z"
location: "Barton, Cumbria"
country: "England"
county: "Cumbria"
town: "Barton"
address: "Barton, Cumbria, CA10 2LR"
postcode: "CA10 2LR"
built: "C12 nave and central tower; aisles C13–c.1300; chancel lengthened C14"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Michael"]
diocese: "Carlisle"
grade: "I"
style: "Norman and Gothic; central tower"
materials: "Local sandstone rubble with sandstone dressings and ashlar; slate roofs"
website: "http://www.ullswater-churches.org.uk/"
openingHours: "The church is never locked."
parish: "Barton"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1326830"
gridReference: "NY 488 264"
accessNotes: "Level access to the main areas"
---

# St Michael, Barton

St Michael’s is a Grade I parish church at Barton, Cumbria, in the Diocese of Carlisle. It stands in a circular churchyard and has the only central Norman tower on a medieval church in Cumbria.

## Overview

Wikipedia and the listing record a twelfth-century nave and central tower, a mid-thirteenth-century south aisle and arcade, a north aisle and south chapel of about 1300, and a fourteenth-century lengthening of the chancel. The south porch was repaired in 1699; a nineteenth-century stable north of the tower is now a vestry; the nave roof was installed in 1904. The fabric is stone with slate roofs. The squat tower has paired bell openings and a plain parapet. The porch gable bears the Lowther (or Lancaster) arms.

Norman features include the north doorway and the arcades. The east and west tower arches are double: a narrow Norman arch above a wider segmental arch. The font is medieval, with a large octagonal bowl. Communion rails are seventeenth-century. East glass of 1913 is by C. E. Kempe; the west window is by Hardman. Royal Arms dated 1730 survive. Twelve churchyard monuments are listed Grade II.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1326830](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1326830)
- [Wikipedia: St Michael's Church, Barton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Michael%27s_Church,_Barton)
- [Ullswater Churches](http://www.ullswater-churches.org.uk/)