St Michael's Church, Bramcote. C14 short 4 stage tower of ashlar with buttresses, traceried belfry windows and crenellated. Remainder of church demolished in 1861. New church contains transferred C13 font. (1)
Tower now stands within the grounds of (Theological College) Nottingham University; it is well maintained by the University. (2)
Timber sampling of 12 cores in 1994 produced at felling date of c.1590. (3)
Conservation and relocation of monumental stonework for display in the tower took place in 2018 (4)
A surviving church tower dates from the C14. Left standing when the rest of the church was demolished in 1861. (5)

Data Held: Ground Photograph (Ground photograph). SNT2646.

1 BW print, SMR

Listed buildings slides, 1 slides (Photograph). SNT2648.

<1> Pevsner N, 1979, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed., p 82 (Monograph). SNT4.

<2> Colquhoun FD, 1975, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT583.

<3> Thoroton Society, 1978, TTS, p 11 (Published document). SNT391.

<3> Nottingham Tree Ring Dating Laboratory, 1994, Dendro Sample Report (Unpublished document). SNT5079.

<4> Skillington Workshop Limited, 2018, Old Church Tower, Bramcote, Nottinghamshire: A report concerning the conservation and installation of various memorials and grave covers at the old church tower from Feb 2018 until July 2018 (Unpublished document). SNT5201.

<5> Denny Plowman, 1978, The Ruined and Redundant Churches of Nottinghamshire - A Survey (Unpublished document). SNT5716.