Church of St Michael is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- knotted-threshold-candle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Michael, Ilderton
- OS grid reference
- NU 017 218
- Coordinates
- 55.49045, -1.97414
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Michael is a parish church with a tower that dates partly to the 13th century, while the rest of the structure was built in the late 18th century and slightly Gothicized in the late 19th century. The older sections are made of dressed stone, and the newer parts are constructed from ashlar. The roof is covered with Scottish slate.
The church comprises a tower, nave, chancel, and a north vestry. The 13th-century tower features a single-light west window with a cusped head, broad offset angle buttresses, and a round-arched south doorway beneath a pent roof. The upper section of the tower is battlemented and includes simple arched bell openings that were added in the 18th century.
The nave has three bays, complete with a plinth, a sill band, and pointed-arched windows set in raised surrounds with impost blocks. The windows have thin Victorian wooden tracery, and the north wall of the nave is blank. The chancel consists of one bay with a polygonal apse and features a late Victorian Decorated east window.
The nave has a gabled roof with kneelers and splayed coping. Inside, the nave floor is significantly higher than that of the tower, resulting in a low but steeply-pointed tower arch with chamfers and plain imposts. The chancel arch is round and has a moulded keystone. There is a small font dated 1727, which has a slender, elaborately-decorated shaft and cherubs' heads on the bowl. Additionally, a 14th-century grave cover is set into the floor of the tower.
Local climate
Church of St Michael receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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