Arch from St Michaels Church is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1972. Archway.
Arch from St Michaels Church
- WRENN ID
- woven-window-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1972
- Type
- Archway
- Address
- Arch from St Michaels Church, Grosvenor Park
- OS grid reference
- SJ 410 661
- Coordinates
- 53.18895, -2.88377
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The arch from St Michael's Church is a Grade II listed structure, believed to date from the late 12th century. It is made of red sandstone and is in a badly eroded condition. The arch was removed from the church, which is now the Heritage Centre on Bridge Street and Row in Chester, likely during its major rebuilding by James Harrison around 1849-50.
The main feature is a round archway that has a hollow chamfer and an eroded arris-mould on its eastern face. It is topped with a gabled hoodmould and has buttresses at both the south-east and north-east corners. Additionally, there is a small pointed archway to the north, which may have originated from a different source. This smaller archway has one stone forming each side, with the northern stone broken in two. It features a recessed chamfer on the western face and an eroded square rebate on the eastern side.
Local climate
Arch from St Michaels Church receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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