Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Bramcote
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The Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Bramcote is a parish church
in the Church of England
in Bramcote
, Nottinghamshire
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The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic interest.
The spire of the church is 130ft high.
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
in the Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
in Bramcote
Bramcote
Bramcote is a settlement in the Broxtowe district of Nottinghamshire, about five miles west of Nottingham. It was a separate village but is now a suburb of Greater Nottingham. Originally one of the main roads between the cities of Nottingham and Derby passed through the village centre...
, Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
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The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic interest.
History
Saint Michael and All Angels Parish Church, Bramcote was opened on 12 December 1861, replacing the previous Parish Church of Bramcote. It was designed by the architect John Johnson.Features
The 13th century font from the old church was transferred in 1861.The spire of the church is 130ft high.
Source
- The Buildings of England, Nottinghamshire, 1951. Nikolaus PevsnerNikolaus PevsnerSir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, FBA was a German-born British scholar of history of art and, especially, of history of architecture...