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Whichford tower and bells

 The Buildings of England - Warwickshire

by Nikolaus Pevsner and Alexandra Wedgwood

St Michael's Church, Whichford

The earliest feature is the S doorway: Norman with one order of shafts, zigzag in the arch, and a tympanum with a rim of various small motifs. To the Norman church with this doorway a N aisle was added in the C13: three bays, round and octagonal piers, double chamfered arches. One capital has stiff-leaf decoration and another was probably meant to have it.

The church has a NW tower, begun c.1300, and this is connected with the aisle by an arch of three continuous chamfers. The position of the arch shows that the aisle was originally narrower. It was widened, according to the window details, c.1300, but the details look like a late raw attempt at copying what had been there. Of c.1300 also the tower top and the 3-bay S chapel E of the S doorway. .....

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