Church of St Michael
CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1158585
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jul-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Michael
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1158585
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jul-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Michael
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Chenies
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 01571 98364
Details
TQ 0198 CHENIES CHENIES VILLAGE 10/52 22.12.58 Parish Church of St Michael
I
C15, chancel, nave, south aisle and west tower. North chapel (Bedford Chapel) added 1556, rebuilt, then enlarged 1906. Church heavily restored and substantially rebuilt 1861 and 1887. Flint rubble with stone dressings. Two stage west tower with south-east stair turret, embattled parapet. Four bay nave south aisle. Piers of 4 shafts and 4 hollows, 4-centred arches and 4-light C15 aisle windows. Arches on north into Bedford Chapel. Modern chancel arch. Arch into Bedford Chapel with panelled soffit and jambs, 1556. Stained glass, C16 donor in east window and C14 St Andrew in Bedford Chapel. C16 saint also. Font: Norman enriched tub. Brasses in nave, C15, C16. Bedford Chapel collection of monuments of the very highest quality and importance to the Russell family, Earls and Dukes of Bedford. 1. John Russell, 1st Earl 1555 and wife 1559. Tomb chest with effigies. 2. Lady Bridget, 1600, also tomb chest with effigy. 3. Ann, Countess of Warwick, 1604, tomb chest and effigy. 4. Elizabeth, Lady Russell, 1611, tomb chest and effigy. 5. Lady Frances Bourchier, 1612, tomb chest. 6. 2nd Earl, 1619 by William Cure II, tomb chest with effigies. 7. Lady Chandos, 1623, semi-reclining figure on base. 8. 4th Earl, 1641 and wife 1653. Alabaster. Tomb chest with effigies, back wall with 2 arches and big open pediment. 9. 5th Earl and 1st Duke of Bedford, 1700. Marble pairs of Corinthian columns with oval portrait medallions between 2 life-size seated figures. Baldacchino above. 10. 2nd Duke and Duchess. Made 1769 by Joseph Wilton to designs by Sir William Chambers. White alabaster. Youth and maiden separated by clouds. Putti over. 11. Georgiana, 1858, by Richard Westmacott the Younger. Gothic arch with knobbly foliage. Praying lady in profile. 12. 1st Earl Russell, 1878. 13. Odo, Baron Ampthill, 1884 by Boehm. 14. 9th Duke 1891, by G E Fox in Jacobean style. 15. Lord Arthur Russell 1892 by Alfred Gilbert in Art Nouveau style. 16 C14 monument to a Cheyne and his wife. Table tomb with effigies, his never completed. RCHM I 88 MON.2 C.L. 14.10.1982
Listing NGR: TQ0157498363
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 44798
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume One South, (1912)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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