Ruins of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1966. Church ruins.
Ruins of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-gravel-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1966
- Type
- Church ruins
- Address
- Ruins of Church of St Michael, Blaston
- OS grid reference
- SP 805 954
- Coordinates
- 52.5508, -0.8129
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ruins of the Church of St. Michael are a very small church built between 1867 and 1868. The structure is made of coursed squared stone with stone dressings. Remaining elements include the lower parts of the side walls, which stand up to approximately 3 meters, the eastern wall reaching about 5 meters, and the western wall up to about 4 meters. The western wall features a doorway with a cusped arch and a hood mould.
Local climate
Ruins of Church of St Michael receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% 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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