Historic churches · South East England
St Michael and St Mary Magdalene's Church, Easthampstead
St Michael and St Mary Magdalene's Church, Easthampstead — church building in Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, Berkshire, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Nearest railway station
- Bracknell · 1.4 km
- Free entry
About
St Michael and St Mary Magdalene's Church, Easthampstead is a historic church in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1867. Heritage designation: Grade II listed building. Affiliated with Anglicanism. Wikidata describes it as: "church building in Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, Berkshire, England, UK". Coordinates: 51.4013°, -0.7602°.
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Heritage listing
Details SU86NE 674-1/15/121 BRACKNELL Easthampstead Crowthorne Road (north side) Church of St Michael and St Mary Magdelene 30/03/51 GV II Parish church. C17 brickwork in lower stage of tower. Main church 1866-7 by JW Hugall in the Early English style. Extended late C20. MATERIALS: Main church Bath stone ashlar, with tower in brick with stone dressings. High pitched tiled roof with coped gables. PLAN: nave, north aisle, chancel, south chapel, west tower and south porch. Extension linked to north aisle. EXTERIOR: windows with plate tracery. Tower: three stages. Angled buttresses with stone quoins and pyramidal tops. Trefoil pierced parapet with pinnacles at angles; spirelet on south-east corner to stair turret, with pepper pot roof. Ground stage has two-light window on west with moulded string at sill and hoodmould with foliage ends. Middle stage has blank arcading of five-bays on the west and south faces. Bell stage has three-light openings with pointed obscured by C20 extension. Chancel, north front: three lancet windows with square buttresses between two easternmost and western. Quatrefoil window over two easternmost windows. Moulded string at sill level. Chancel east front: three-light window with stiff leaf ornament at responds. Angle buttresses on each side of window. Projecting plinth with roll-moulded top. Three small blank lancets in apex of gable. Chancel, south front: two lancet windows with trefoiled heads and quatrefoil window over. Moulded string at sill level. South chapel: gable with three-light window, small lancet in apex of gable. To right planked door with pointed head in doorway of two engaged columns with moulded heads and bases. Nave, south side: two-light window and to left entrance porch, gabled, with engaged colonnettes with stiff-leaf capitals
From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Church of St Michael and St Mary Magdalene, is the Parish Church of Easthampstead, Berkshire.
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Background
History
The Church in Easthampstead has a very long history. Below are some of the listed highlights of the history. No record of the Church exists in the Domesday Book. 12th Century The earliest reference to the Church in Easthampstead is in 1159AD when Lawrence Abbot of Westminster granted 'the church of Jezhamstede' to Hurley Priory, 'so that they may observe and venerate the Festival of the Blessed Saint Edward the Confessor, who died January 5th, 1066'. This earliest mention of a church is supported by an order from Ralph de Arundel, prior of Hurley, in 1176AD, that "Easthampstead Church shall pay a yearly pension of 4s. to Saint Mary, Hurley, for the provision of wax tapers for the 'mass of…
Architecture
Several notable pieces of ancient church furniture have been preserved. The original plain stone font was given a modern base and placed in the enlarged south aisle baptistry. Portions of the 15th Century rood screen were incorporated in a screen below the Organ. The pulpit is a combination of Victorian woodwork and recovered wood from the old Jacobean pulpit. Below are some of the listed highlights of the interior. Font The font, which is that of the former church, has a plain octagonal bowl on a modern base. The screen below the organ, facing the transept, appears to have been made up from the former rood screen, with 15th-century tracery below and 14th-century tracery above. There are…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.4013, -0.7602
- District
- Bracknell Forest
- Parish
- Bracknell
- Postcode
- RG12 7EN
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bracknell
- Established
- 1867
- Nearest railway station
- Bracknell — 1.4 km
- Official site
- www.stmichaelseasthampstead.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7594873 (CC0)
- wikipedia: St Michael and St Mary Magdalene's Church, Easthampstead (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: St Michaels Easthampstead Front.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is St Michael and St Mary Magdalene's Church, Easthampstead?
- St Michael and St Mary Magdalene's Church, Easthampstead is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode RG12 7EN), in the parish of Bracknell.
- When was St Michael and St Mary Magdalene's Church, Easthampstead built?
- Built or established in 1867.
- Is St Michael and St Mary Magdalene's Church, Easthampstead a listed building?
- St Michael and St Mary Magdalene's Church, Easthampstead is officially recognised as Grade II listed building listed.
- Is St Michael and St Mary Magdalene's Church, Easthampstead free to visit?
- Yes, St Michael and St Mary Magdalene's Church, Easthampstead is free to enter.
- How do I get to St Michael and St Mary Magdalene's Church, Easthampstead?
- The nearest railway station is Bracknell, about 1.4 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode RG12 7EN.