Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II* listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1981. Church.
Church of St Michael and All Angels
- WRENN ID
- buried-landing-yarrow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Wythenshawe and Sale East MP: Mike Kane (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1981
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Michael and All Angels, Orton Road
- OS grid reference
- SJ 813 903
- Coordinates
- 53.4099, -2.28211
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II* listed church located on Orton Road in Northenden, Manchester. It was built in 1937 by architect N.F. Cachemaille-Day. The church is constructed of red brick in English bond, featuring some stone dressings with the roof concealed. Its star-shaped plan is created by the diagonal intersection of two unequal squares, along with a wide rectangular narthex at the west end.
The main structure is tall with plain walls and a sill-band running around it, topped by a plain parapet. The upper parts of the cardinal projections feature windows set in tall intersecting Romanesque arcading with Y-tracery, all made of brick, and a central pilaster strip that rises to a moulded cornice. A large plain cross rises from the roof. The single-storey narthex has a flat roof and includes coupled plain rectangular doorways at the center, flanked by three narrow rectangular lancets on each side. Inside, the church has an ingenious plan with lofty columns supporting a flat ribbed roof. The church forms a group with the Rectory attached to its south side.
Local climate
Church of St Michael and All Angels sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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