Information for record number MWA3346:
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Brownsover Lane, Brownsover

Summary	A small Anglican church, originally a chapel of ease, dedicated to St Michael and All Angels. The building dates from the 13th century, and was largely rebuilt in 1876-7 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in a sympathetic Early English style.

What Is It?
Type:	Anglican Church, Lancet Window
Period:	Modern (1200 AD - 2050 AD)

Where Is It?
Parish:	Rugby
District:	Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference:	SP 50 77
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Level of Protection	National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: ) Listed Building (Grade: II*) Sites & Monuments Record

Description
Source Number
1 Chancel (6m by 4m) and nave (9.1m by 7.5m). Built in the early 13th century and its plan has not been materially altered since. Further windows inserted later in the Medieval period, and at various times after the Reformation seven brick buttresses and a W porch were added. The church suffered a drastic restoration, being almost entirely rebuilt in 1877 by Sir George Gilbert Scott. Brownsover was from the 12th century onwards a chapelry of Clifton on Dunsmore. 5 The church is built from cream coloured coursed stone rubble with reddish-brown freestone dressings. The roof is covered in plain clay tiles and has pierced ridge tiles. There are decorated cast iron rainwater goods of the 19th century. PLAN: The plan is a simple nave and chancel, with a small, later lean-to in the north east corner between nave and chancel; the church is entered from the west. EXTERIOR: The building is a high single storey, the nave having diagonal buttresses to the west end, a moulded plinth and string course. The west end has two high-set, single light windows with cinquefoil heads, and a gabled bracket for the bell set high in the gable. The only entrance is through a small, pointed arched moulded doorway with drip mould, housing a 19th century door with elaborate hinges. This is flanked by two-light pointed arched windows with simple Y-tracery without cusping. They each have drip moulds with male and female heads as stops. The windows to the north and south sides of the nave are similar, those to the north apparently dating from the 13th century; there is also an early lancet in the east wall of the nave. The chancel has diagonal buttresses, sprocketted eaves and paired lancets to the north and south, and a single 13th century lancet to the south. The east window is of three cusped lights and a triangular head, dating from the 15th century. INTERIOR: The interior is largely plastered and whitewashed. The chancel arch appears to date from the 13th or 14th century; it is two-centred, with a half-round moulding to one side and a chamfer to the other. There is some further internal stone work surviving from the Medieval phase of the building. The south wall has a small shallow piscina with its bowl and drain intact. The nave and chancel have 19th century polychrome floor tiles. The roof structure dates from the 19th century, springing from wooden corbels, and has cambered tie beams, curved braces to a collar beam, and king posts. The east window has stained glass dating from the early 20th centurry, dedicated to Lawrence Sheriff, the founder of Rugby School. All the other windows have plain glass. The circular font dates from the 13th century; it has a small tub bowl with a recessed concave moulding, tall banded stem and moulded base. There is a variety of timber fittings throughout the church, of various dates and origins. There is a fine rectangular screen, made up of elements dating from the 15th century and later. The pulpit is Flemish and dates from the 18th century; it has 17th century wall panelling to the rear, set on the east wall of the nave. The German organ is housed in a richly decorated case dating from the Restoration period, which was brought to the church from St John's College, Cambridge in the late 19th century.
Sources
Source No: 2 Source Type: Bibliographic reference Title: Victoria County History, vol 6, Warwickshire Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed) Date: 1951 Page Number: Volume/Sheet: VI     Source No: 3 Source Type: Bibliographic reference Title: The Buildings of England: Warwickshire Author/originator: Pevsner N and Wedgwood A Date: 1966 Page Number: Volume/Sheet: Warwicks     Source No: 1 Source Type: Bibliographic reference Title: Victoria County History, vol 6, Warwickshire Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed) Date: 1951 Page Number: Volume/Sheet: VI     Source No: 5 Source Type: Statuatory List Title: National Heritage List for England Author/originator: Historic England Date: Page Number: Volume/Sheet:     Source No: 4 Source Type: Record Card/Form Title: OS Card 14NE9 Author/originator: Ordnance Survey Date: Page Number: Volume/Sheet: 14NE9

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