St Michael's Church, Great Edstone

St Michael's Church is an Anglican church in Great Edstone, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

There has been a church on the site since the Saxon period, and the sundial set above the main doorway is from this period. It is inscribed "Orologicum viatorium. Lodan me wrohte a". The oldest part of the current building is the 13th-century nave. The chancel was rebuilt in the 18th century, and there were further alterations when it was restored by C. Hodgson Fowler from 1898 to 1899. The church was grade II* listed in 1955.^[1]^[2]

The church is built of limestone with a slate roof, and consists of a nave and a chancel in one unit. On the west gable is a square timber bellcote with louvred bell openings and a pyramidal roof. The south doorway has voussoirs and a moulded hood mould springing from imposts, and above it is the sundial. Inside, the bells date from the 14th century, and the altar rail is 16th century. The font is Norman, with a carved base. The west window is a lancet and contains 19th-century stained glass.^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Historic England. "Church of St Michael (1149266)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
^ A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. London: Victoria County History. 1914. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
^ Grenville, Jane; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2023) [1966]. Yorkshire: The North Riding. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-25903-2.