St Michael the Archangel's Church, Booton

St Michael the Archangel's Church, Booton
West front of St Michael the Archangel's Church, Booton
St Michael the Archangel's Church, Booton Location in Norfolk
Coordinates: 52°45′27″N 1°08′41″E / 52.7574°N 1.1446°E / 52.7574; 1.1446
OS grid reference	TG 123 224
Location	Booton, Norfolk
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	Churches Conservation Trust
Architecture
Functional status	Redundant
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Designated	10 May 1961
Architect(s)	Rev Whitwell Elwin
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival in French Gothic style
Specifications
Materials	Flint with limestone dressings Tiled roofs

St Michael the Archangel's Church is a redundant Anglican church near the village of Booton, Norfolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church stands in an isolated position about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east of the village. It is often known as the "Cathedral of the Fields".

St Michael's was built in the later part of the 19th century, replacing an earlier church on the site. The church, and its fittings, were designed by Rev Whitwell Elwin, the rector of the church from 1849 to 1900.

The church is constructed in flint with limestone dressings, and has tiled roofs. Its plan consists of a nave, a chancel, a north porch, a south vestry, and twin west towers. The whole is in an "eccentric French Gothic style". The towers are slim and set diagonally. They are in three stages, the lower two stages containing elongated blank arcading. The top stage contains tall bell openings, and on the summit of the towers are pierced friezes with crocketed pinnacles on the corners. Between the towers is a doorway, over which is a four-light window. A three-tier pinnacle rises from the west gable. This also has blank arcading and has the appearance of a minaret. Along the sides of the church, the bays are separated by buttresses with crocketed pinnacles, and there are similar pinnacles on the gable ends. In the south wall of the chancel is a priest's door, and above this is an elaborately carved niche. Set inside the east wall of the north porch is a 14th-century headless statue of the Virgin and Child that was discovered during the rebuilding of the church.