Listed Building record MDR12474 - St Michael and All Angels' Church, Off Main Street, Sheldon

St Michael and All Angels' Church, Off Main Street, Sheldon, built c1865. 'The old chapel at Sheldon, dedicated to All Saints, was taken down in 1865, and the materials were used in the erection of the present church on a more suitable site. The new church is named St Michael and All Angels. It is a neat Gothic edifice, comprising nave, south porch, and apsidal chancel. The west gable is surmounted by a small campanule. There is accommodation for 80.' (1) From the National Heritage List for England: 'SK 16 NE, 6/163 PARISH OF SHELDON, MAIN STREET (off north side), Church of St Michael and All Angels II Church. c1865 (consecrated 7 October 1864). Coursed, rock-faced limestone rubble with gritstone dressings and quoins. High, steeply pitched, slate roof, continuing in curve around apsidal east end, Stone coped gable to west with ridge bellcote. Single-cell building with round east end, and south porch. West elevation - tall lancet windows either side of central stepped buttress. Above, trefoil window and bellcote. Three lancet windows to north and south walls. Three similar windows round apse. South porch to west, with moulded copings and cross to ridge. Trefoil windows to sides. Pointed, chamfered doorcase. Plank door. INTERIOR very simple, lancet windows to sides and round apse. Plain wooden pews. Impressive scissor-truss roof with radiating timbers around east end. Listing NGR: SK1756368884.' (2)