Facilities and features
Accessibility
Our Building
List Entry Name: Church of St Michael
Grade: II*
List Entry Number: 1137007
Date first listed: 11-Apr-1967
List Entry Name: Bowness-on-Solway War Memorial
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1463519
Date first listed: 18-Apr-2019
The stained-glass windows are all of great beauty. The early morning sun shining through the East window, the evening sun through the West, and the late midsummer sun lighting up all the glass in the Transept, is breath-taking.
The first stained-glass window by Daniel Bell was installed during the 1892 restoration. It is above the altar on the East wall. The rest of the stained-glass is from the 20th century and contains a number of recurring local themes including the sea, fishing, agriculture, children and the church building.
There is no toilet in church but toilets are available at the nearby Lindow Hall (parish hall) when services are being held.
Music and Worship
The organ is a two manual instrument by Forster & Andrews of Hull and was installed at the restoration in 1891. The money for it was raised through the efforts of Miss Eleanor Wills, Organist and indefatigable worker of the Church. The organ was extensively refurbished, with the addition of a Fifteenth and a Twelfth stop, in 1999 with a bequest from Sylvia Margaret Thompson (1910-1997), great niece of Miss Eleanor Wills. Miss Thompson was organist at St Michael's for over 70 years.