Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 1985. Church.

Church of St Michael

WRENN ID
far-slate-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 March 1985
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Michael, B6320, Wark
OS grid reference
NY 858 775
Coordinates
55.09207, -2.22389
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Michael is a parish church built between 1814 and 1818 by H.H. Seward for the Church Commissioners. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features a Lakeland slate roof. The church includes a west tower, a nave, a short chancel, and a north vestry. The west tower, which serves as a porch, is battlemented and has a pointed-arched doorway with a chamfered surround. All openings in the church have similar chamfers. Above the door, there is a small lancet window and a tall arched louvred bell opening with Y-tracery. The nave, which has three bays, also features similar tracery. The short chancel has a three-light east window with intersecting tracery. Both the nave and chancel gables have blind parapets with ridged coping, and the east gable of the nave is capped by a tall gabled chimney, which is mirrored by a similar chimney on the vestry.

Inside, the church has a wide aisleless nave with a flat ceiling that has coved edges, divided into panels by moulded beams with square bosses at the intersections. The chancel arch features a very broad chamfer. There is a panelled dado, and the interior includes two painted coats of arms of George III and the Greenwich Commissioners, along with framed commandments and a creed.

Local climate

Church of St Michael receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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