St Michael's Church is the parish church of Kirklington, North Yorkshire, a village in England.
The nave of the church may date from the early 12th century, while the chancel was built in the early 13th century and was remodelled in about 1340, at which time aisles were added to the nave. The tower and clerestory were added in the 15th century. The church was restored by George Fowler Jones between 1857 and 1858, who also added a vestry and north and south porches. The building was grade I listed in 1966. [1] [2]
The church is built of stone with Welsh slate roofs, and consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, north and south porches, a chancel with a north and south vestry, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, diagonal buttresses, a full-height stair tower in the south corner, a three-light west window with a hood mould, a clock face on the north side, two-light bell openings, and an embattled parapet with crocketed corner pinnacles. On the east gable of the nave is a bell turret. Inside, there is a 19th-century font on a 14th-century base, a pulpit with reused woodwork of about 1600, and a Victoria rood screen. There are two 14th-century effigies, of a knight in armour and of a lady, thought to be of John de Wandesford and Elizabeth de Musters, and the large tomb of Christopher Wandesford, who died in 1590. The arcades have three carvings of grimacing faces and one of two animals around a human face. The north vestry window contains fragments of mediaeval and 17th-century stained glass. [2] [3]
