Church of St Michael and All Angels, Averham
An Anglican church in Nottinghamshire, England
Church
The Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Averham is a parish church in the Church of England in Averham , Nottinghamshire .
The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.
Parish structure
The Church of St. Michael and All Angels is part of a joint parish which includes the churches of St. Wilfrid's Church, Kelham , St. Wilfrid's Church, North Muskham and St. Wilfrid's Church, South Muskham .
Description
The style of masonry in parts of the tower, nave and chancel prove that the structure is of Norman date though the tower arch is later. Also added later were the buttresses and pinnacles of the tower and the south porch (containing letters and shields referring to Sir Thomas Sutton, died 1525, and his wife). There is a fine east window in the chancel and the screen is simple early Perpendicular.
The north window contains some fragments of glass found in Kelham Hall and put together by Frederick Heathcote Sutton, rector of St. Helen's Church, Brant Broughton in Lincolnshire . Additionally, there is some late Victorian stained glass by Heaton, Butler and Bayne .
There is a wall monument to Robert Sutton, 1st Baron Lexinton who died in 1668. There are also two medieval memorials, a foliated cross and an effigy of a layman (poorly preserved).
The church was the site of inspiration for the fourth movement of T.S Eliot's poem Burnt Norton , part of his Four Quartets .[ 1]
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Churches in the Deanery of Newark and Southwell
Benefice of Averham with Kelham Benefice of Balderton Benefice of the Beck and Trent Benefice of Bilsthorpe Benefice of Eakring Benefice of East Stoke with Syerston Benefice of East Trent
All Saints, Collingham All Saints, Harby All Saints, Winthorpe Holy Trinity, Besthorpe St Bartholomew, Langford St Cecilia, Girton St George, North and South Clifton St Giles, Holme St Helen, Thorney St Helena, South Scarle St John the Baptist, Collingham Benefice of Edingley with Halam Benefice of Egmanton Benefice of Elston Benefice of Farndon Benefice of Farnsfield Benefice of Kilvington Benefice of Kirklington with Hockerton Benefice of Kirton Benefice of Kneesall Benefice of Maplebeck Benefice of Newark-on-Trent Christ Church Benefice of Newark-on-Trent St Mary Magdalene Benefice of North and South Muskham Benefice of Ollerton with Boughton Benefice of Shelton
St Mary and All Saints, Shelton Benefice of Sibthorpe Benefice of Southwell Benefice of Staunton
St Mary, Staunton-in-the-Vale Benefice of Tuxford Benefice of Walesby Benefice of West Trent Benefice of Winkburn
