St. Michael and All Angels Church, Bassett
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St Michael & All Angels Church, Bassett Avenue, Southampton
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 St Michael and All Angels
Shown within Southampton
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| 50°56′41″N 1°24′19″W / 50.94465°N 1.40531°WCoordinates: 50°56′41″N 1°24′19″W / 50.94465°N 1.40531°W | |
| Location | Bassett, Southampton |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | nsab.org.uk |
| History | |
| Founded | 1897 |
| Dedication | St Michael |
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| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Listed building - Grade II |
| Designated | 14 December 1969 |
| Architect(s) | Edward Prioleau Warren |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Groundbreaking | 29 September 1897 |
| Completed | May 1910 |
| Construction cost | £4,139 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Brick with stone dressings |
| Administration | |
| Parish | North Stoneham and Bassett |
| Deanery | Southampton |
| Archdeaconry | Bournemouth |
| Diocese | Winchester |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Bishop of Southampton |
| Priest in charge | Rev'd Sheena Williams |
| Honorary priest(s) | Rev'd Judy Page, Rev'd Canon Norman Boakes |
| Curate(s) | Rev'd Canon Rogelio Prieto |
| Laity | |
| Reader(s) | Malcolm Harper, John Reynolds |
| Organist/Director of music | Colin Davey |
| Churchwarden(s) | David Curtis, Alan Logan |
St Michael and All Angels Church, in Bassett, Southampton, is an Anglican parish church which dates from the late 19th century.
The church is situated on the eastern side of Bassett Avenue, Southampton, described by Pevsner & Lloyd as "part of the splendid tree-lined route into Southampton from Winchester, London and the north".
The church is in the parish of North Stoneham and Bassett and has the largest congregation of the three churches in the parish.
The church exterior, in plain red stock brick with Monks Park stone dressings for the doors and windows, slated roof and small bell-turret on its western gable, is not particularly impressive; but with its concrete vaulted roof supported on stone ribs, Pevsner and Lloyd, in their Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, considered that it has "an intriguing and distinguished design internally".
The church has a nave with four broad rib-vaulted bays separated from the chancel by a rood-screen surmounted by a carving depicting the Crucifixion of Jesus.
The east window, depicting Christ, flanked by the archangels Michael and Gabriel, was the first stained-glass window by Frank O. Salisbury.
The west window was given in 1962, by Hector Young an ex-Mayor of Southampton, in memory of his wife Ethel who was killed in the Blitz in September 1940. The window, showing the Archangel Michael defeating Satan, was designed by Francis Skeat.
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