Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1967. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- unlit-oriel-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Derbyshire
- Constituency
- South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 1967
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Michael, Hall Lane, Willington
- OS grid reference
- SK 294 281
- Coordinates
- 52.85022, -1.5636
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Michael is a parish church dating to the 12th century, with significant rebuilding in the 13th century and further alterations in 1824 and the mid-19th century. The church is constructed of random coursed and coursed squared sandstone, with plain tile roofs and stone coped gables, featuring plain kneelers. It comprises a west tower, nave, south porch, north transept, chancel, and north vestry.
The west tower, built in 1824, is partly engaged by the nave, with angle quoins, a stringcourse at half height and above the bell openings, a moulded cornice, and a battlemented parapet, topped with four obelisk pinnacles. A single chamfered lancet window is located to the west, and single chamfered lancet bell openings are present in each direction. A timber-framed south porch, set over a sandstone base, was added in the early 20th century. To the left of the porch is a high-set trefoil window. Two pairs of plain chamfered 19th-century lancet windows are situated to the right. The south side of the chancel features a priests' doorway, with a four-centred arched lintel and plank door, flanked by small chamfered lancets. An east window, possibly from the 17th century, has a chamfered surround and two plain arched lights. A mid-18th century tombstone is set into the wall below. A similar small lancet window is on the north side of the chancel. The lean-to north vestry has a plain, domestic two-light chamfered mullion window, and 18th century tombstones are set into the east wall. The north transept projects significantly; to the east is a window with Y-tracery, and to the north a blocked doorway with a four-centred arched lintel. Further windows with Y-tracery are located to the west. On the north side of the nave is a single broad lancet window set high up. The south doorway is of 12th-century origin, featuring nook shafts and a round arch of three moulded orders, with an almost totally defaced incised tympanum. An incised medieval coffin lid is set into the west wall of the porch.
The interior north chapel contains a blind lancet and two 18th-century wall tablets. The sanctuary has an early 19th-century panelled dado with painted texts. The chancel south has a much defaced medieval tomb slab. Features include plastered ceilings and walls, a moulded cornice to the nave, an 18th-century baluster front with rich acanthus ornament, a Georgian pulpit and tester, a lozenge hatchment on the nave west wall, and two painted benefaction boards in the north transept.
Local climate
Church of St Michael receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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