Listed Building record MDR3189 - St Michael's Church, Main Street, Kniveton
Type and Period (1)
- CHURCH (Medieval to 21st Century - 1100 AD? to 2050 AD)
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Full Description
St Michael's Church, Main Street, Kniveton, originally a 12th century building.
'The true dedication of Kniveton church is to St. John the Baptist, as stated by Dr. Pegge in his Collections, and as we are assured in the Liber Regis; but modern directories and the notice-board call St. Michael the patron saint.' (1)
'St Michael's church, Kniveton, has a 13th century west tower and a Norman south doorway. All the windows are renewed.' (2)
'In normal use as St. Michael's (this dedication is local usage and the incumbents preference).' (3)
From the National Heritage List for England:
'SK 25 SW
2/75
PARISH OF KNIVETON
MAIN STREET (east side)
Church of St Michael
13.09.67
I
Church. C12, 13, c1663, restoration 1870, vestry added 1907. Coursed rubble gritstone with ashlar dressings. Shallow pitched lead roof with stone coped gables at east and west end and over chancel arch. Nave and chancel, vestry, west tower and south porch.
Plain C12 south doorway with chamfered imposts. Label with two stops, keystone depicting a bear. West tower, late C13 with small lancet window and plain chambered door to nave. String course at first floor. Square-headed two-light bell openings, battlements and short spire are Perpendicular or later. North and south walls of church with irregular fenestration, all windows square headed, some without divisions others with chamfered mullions. The lights in one north window have segmental heads. All probably mid C17. C19 chancel east window with Perpendicular style tracery.
C13 font with circular bowl with pointed trefoils supported on a base of clustered columns. The date 1663 apparently refers to time of its restoration to the church. It might also be the date when the windows were renewed. West gallery early C19 on two cast-iron columns. C19 poppy heads on benches. On nave north wall an aedicule wall monument to Greenwood Holmes 1779. Four C19 stained-glass windows. Nave south, easternmost c.1908 by Jones and Willis. Nave south, westernmost 1888. Nave north windows, three-lights, 1908. Three-light east window 1879.
Listing NGR: SK2099850395.'
(6)
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SDR17281 Bibliographic reference: Cox, J C. 1877. Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire, Vol. II. 507.
- <2> SDR190 Bibliographic reference: Pevsner, N. 1953. The Buildings of England: Derbyshire, 1st edition. 171.
- <3> SDR6299 Personal Observation: F1 FRH 06-MAY-66.
- <4> SDR9772 Index: NDAT. 1381. 1381.
- <5> SDR12596 Bibliographic reference: Pegge's. Pegge, S. (No other details).
- <6> SDR19551 Listed Building File: Historic England. 2011. The National Heritage List for England. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1146435?section=official-list-entry.
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Location
| Grid reference | SK 20998 50395 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | KNIVETON, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Apr 2 2026 3:49PM