Listed Building record MDR5526 - St Michael's Church, Church Lane, Stanton by Dale

St Michael's Church, Church Lane, Stanton by Dale, originally a 14th century building. SK 4648 3813. St Michael's church. (1) 'The church at Stanton-by-Dale was given at an early date to the adjacent abbey of Dale and was served by the canons until the dissolution of the monasteries. It includes 13th material but appears to have been either rebuilt or considerably restored in c1320. The tower is probably late 15th century. In 1872 it was found necessary to thoroughly repair and restore the fabric of the church and at that time the chancel was lengthened by three feet and the north aisle lengthened and widened by about a yard. Much of the outer walls had to be taken down, but every care seems to have been exercised to preserve the old parts of the fabric. Three fragments of incised sepulchral crosses of Norman date prove the existence of an earlier church, with burial rights.' (2) 'In normal use [in 1966].' (3) 'Church of St Michael and All Saints. Parish church. Early 14th and 15th cent, heavily restored in the 19th cent. Grade II*.' (4) 'St Michael. Chiefly c1300, see the chancel windows (with three stepped lancet lights), the north aisle north and west windows, and the three-bay north arcade. The south doorway has a tympanum with a rude cross which may be Norman. The west tower with buttresses covering the angles, battlements, and crocketed pinnacles. Handsome south porch, tunnel-vaulted with thick transverse arches.' (5) From the National Heritage List for England: 'PARISH OF STANTON BY DALE STANHOPE STREET SK 43 NE 6/99 (West Side) Church of St Michael 10.11.67 Church of St. Michael & All Angels II* Parish church. Early C14, C15, heavily restored in the C19. Coursed squared gritstone with gritstone dressings. Welsh slate roofs with stone coped gables. West tower, nave with north aisle and south porch, chancel and north vestry. West tower of two unequal stages divided by a moulded stringcourse. Clasping buttresses to west. Moulded plinth. West window of two lancet lights under a square head and set in a deep chamfered surround. Returned hoodmould. To the south a single chamfered lancet. 2-light bell openings in all directions, of two lancets within a four-centred arch. Moulded stringcourse above. Battlements and four crocketed pinnacles. South side of nave has a gabled porch with plain chamfered entrance and C20 doors. Small rectangular windows to the sides. To the left, is a 2-light Dec style C19 window. To the right is a 3-light window with cusped intersecting tracery. Broad buttress to the right. The south side of the chancel has a 3-light window with cusped intersecting tracery. To the right a double chamfered priest's doorway and a 3-light window with steep triangular head. East end with angle buttresses and east window of three stepped lancet lights within a single pointed arch. C19 north vestry has small Dec style windows. Gabled north aisle of two bays divided by buttresses. Two 3-light windows of three lancet lights within a single arch. Single west lancet is probably C13 but much restored. In the east gable are two small trefoiled lancets. The south porch has stone seats and a stone vaulted roof on two transverse ribs. Square headed south doorway has a crudely round-arched tympanum with incised cross in a circle, possibly C12. Three bay north arcade has octagonal piers and abaci and double chamfered arches. Double chamfered tower arch, the inner order on corbels. Double chamfered C19 chancel arch, the inner order on foliage capitals, colonnettes and head corbels. Plain C19 roofs, the chancel painted with stars. C19 choir stalls and organ case with coving and painted pipes. Trefoiled piscina. A second piscina in the former north aisle chapel, now behind the organ. Trefoiled arch and a relief carving above of a head beneath a pinnacles gable. C14 octagonal font with tracery panels and curved underside of the bowl. East window of c1896 by C E Kempe. Listing NGR: SK4648238143.' (7