St Michael and All Angels is the Church of England parish church of Barton Turf in the county of Norfolk in England.[1] See Inside here. It stands about a kilometre south-west of the village in the midst of a plantation of trees. Particularly notable for its surviving paintings, the church is listed with Grade I.[2]
St. Michael and All AngelsRight choir screenLeft choir screenCherubim (detail) from rood screen
The church holds a pipe organ built in 1835 by T.C. Bates. The single-manual instrument has 5 registers (C-g3: Open Diapason 8', Clarabella 8', Stopt Diapason Bass 8', Principal 4', Flute 4').[5]
michael, angels, church, barton, turf, michael, angels, church, england, parish, church, barton, turf, county, norfolk, england, inside, here, stands, about, kilometre, south, west, village, midst, plantation, trees, particularly, notable, surviving, paintings. St Michael and All Angels is the Church of England parish church of Barton Turf in the county of Norfolk in England 1 See Inside here It stands about a kilometre south west of the village in the midst of a plantation of trees Particularly notable for its surviving paintings the church is listed with Grade I 2 St Michael and All AngelsRight choir screenLeft choir screenCherubim detail from rood screen Contents 1 Architecture and Decor 2 Bibliography 3 References 4 External linksArchitecture and Decor EditThe building was at first constructed in rather an undistinguished Perpendicular style possessing a tower at the west end of the church The church is best known for the twelve panels of its late Gothic rood screen rivalled in quality only by the rood screen of St Helen s Church in Ranworth 3 The twelve panels probably from between 1440 and 1450 appear to have been influenced by Flemish work and depict St Apollonia St Zita St Barbara and the nine choirs of angels The representations of the Dominions and the Seraphim were defaced during the English Civil War most likely due to their inclusion of papistical symbols such as the tiara and a censer In the South Nave there are more recent ca 1490 representations of King Henry VI St Edmund St Edward the Confessor and St Olaf 4 The church holds a pipe organ built in 1835 by T C Bates The single manual instrument has 5 registers C g3 Open Diapason 8 Clarabella 8 Stopt Diapason Bass 8 Principal 4 Flute 4 5 Bibliography EditSimon Jenkins England s Thousand Best Churches Allen Lane The Penguin Press 1999 S 444 ISBN 0 713 99281 6 Peter Sager Ostengland DuMont Kunst Reisefuhrer Koln 1990 DuMont Buchverlag S 412 mit Farbabb ISBN 3 7701 1713 1 References Edit A Church Near You Barton Turf Church of England Retrieved 6 January 2016 Church of St Michael Barton Turf British Listed Buildings Retrieved 6 January 2016 Simon Jenkins England s Thousand Best Churches p 444 Norfolk Churches Barton Turf Norfolk Churches Retrieved 6 January 2016 Information at OrganExternal links EditHi res images of Barton Turf Rood Screen Norfolk Churches Barton Turf information and images Wikimedia Commons has media related to St Michael and All Angels Barton Turf 52 44 38 N 1 28 13 E 52 7439 N 1 4703 E 52 7439 1 4703 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title St Michael and All Angels Church Barton Turf amp oldid 1082083075, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
