St Michael's Church, Birchover

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St Michael’s Church, Birchover
Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, Saint Michael and All Angels
Rowtor Chapel
The Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, St Michael and All Angels, Birchover, Derbyshire (5448622537).jpg
St Michael’s Church, Birchover
St Michael's Church, Birchover
53°9′20.2″N1°38′54.7″W / 53.155611°N 1.648528°W / 53.155611; -1.648528
Location Birchover
CountryEngland
Denomination Church of England
History
Former name(s)Church of Jesus
Dedication St Michael
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade II listed [1]
Designated12 July 1967
Completedcirca 1717
Specifications
Number of floors1
Materials gritstone
Bells1
Administration
Province Derbyshire
Diocese Diocese of Derby
Archdeaconry Derbyshire Peaks and Dales
Deanery Bakewell and Eyam
Benefice Youlgrave with Middleton, Stanton-in-Peak and Birchover
Parish Birchover

St Michael's Church, Birchover, also known as Rowtor Chapel, is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Birchover, Derbyshire. [2] Located in the Peak District National Park, [3] St Michael was built as a privately endowed chapel for the nearby Rowtor Hall.

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History

The church dates from c. 1700 and was built by Thomas Eyre, a landowner and occupant of Rowtor Hall, as a private chapel for the Rowtor Estate. On his death in 1717, he left an endowment of £20 a week for a chaplain to keep the Common Prayer service twice a day, "and administer the Sacrament every Sun-day". St Michael's was rebuilt in 1864, and expanded with the addition of the chancel. [4] The church is unusual in that there are windows only on two sides, the south and east; the north elevation is blank. The walls contain fragments of an earlier Norman church which had stood in the neighbouring village of Uppertown.

The east window was fitted with stained glass in 1898 and made by Alfred D. Hemming of London, and the chancel floor was renovated by the Ashford Marble Works. [5] The windows to the south side have stained glass designed by the painter Brian Clarke in 1977. [6] The artworks, comprising three two-light windows, [7] were fabricated for the church and donated to it by the artist, who had lived in Rowtor Hall, the vicarage, [8] between 1975 and 1977.

Parish status

The church is part of the Youlgreave Benefice, and is in a joint parish with

Organ

The organ was installed by Wadsworth and Brothers and was opened on 29 January 1905. [9] A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, St Michael and All Angels (Grade II) (1109897)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  2. ↑ The Buildings of England. Derbyshire. Nikolaus Pevsner. Yale University Press. 1978. ISBN   0140710086
  3. ↑ "Birchover: St Michael (Church Heritage Record 612046)". Church of England Online Faculty System. Archbishops' Council. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Rowtor Church, Birchover". Derby Mercury. Derby. 11 January 1865. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Birchover Parish Church". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. Chesterfield. 30 July 1898. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Angus, Mark (1984). Modern Stained Glass in British Churches. United Kingdom: Mowbray. ISBN   9780264669861.
  7. ↑ Harrison, Martin; Reyntiens, Patrick (1979). Clarke, Brian (ed.). Architectural Stained Glass. USA: McGraw-Hill. p. 162. ISBN   071953657X.
  8. ↑ Gerrard, Mike (2010). The Hidden Places of the Peak District and Derbyshire (9th ed.). Plymouth: Travel Publishing Ltd. p. 51. ISBN   9781904434993.
  9. ↑ "Birchover. Organ Opening". Derbyshire Courier. Derby. 4 February 1905. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "NPOR [N00410]". National Pipe Organ Register . British Institute of Organ Studies . Retrieved 22 April 2015.
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