St Michael and All Angels Church, Edmondthorpe

St Michael and All Angels Church, Edmondthorpe
St Michael and All Angels Church, Edmondthorpe, from the south
St Michael and All Angels Church, Edmondthorpe Location in Leicestershire
Coordinates: 52°44′56″N 0°43′49″W / 52.7488°N 0.7302°W / 52.7488; -0.7302
OS grid reference	SK 858 175
Location	Edmondthorpe, Leicestershire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	Churches Conservation Trust
History
Dedication	St Michael and All Angels
Architecture
Functional status	Redundant
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	1 January 1968
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic
Groundbreaking	13th century
Completed	15th century
Specifications
Materials	Ironstone and limestone, lead roofs

St Michael and All Angels Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Edmondthorpe, Leicestershire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

The tower dates from the 13th century. The chancel also dates from this century. Aisles were added during the following century, and in the 15th century the clerestory was built and the height of the chancel was raised. Alterations were carried out during the 19th century, including re-roofing the north aisle in 1858, installing a new clock in 1860, and a restoration in 1861–62.

Parts of the church are constructed in ironstone and others in limestone; the roofs are covered in lead. Its plan consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, north and south porches, a chancel, and a west tower.

The tower is in three stages, separated by string courses, with angle buttresses on the west side, and a three-stage semicircular stair turret on the southeast. The bottom stage contains a lancet window on the west side. In the middle stage is a blocked double lancet on each side, and clock dials on the west and north faces. The top stage contains double lancet bell openings on each side. At the top of the tower is a quatrefoil frieze, four gargoyles, a crenellated parapet with pinnacles at the corners, and the tower is surmounted by a pyramidal roof with a weathervane.