Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 January 1968. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- little-panel-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 January 1968
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Michael, Church Walk, Twyford and Thorpe
- OS grid reference
- SK 732 117
- Coordinates
- 52.69818, -0.91809
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Michael is a parish church dating to the late 15th century. The chancel was rebuilt around 1840, and the church was restored and refitted in 1861 by H. Goddard. Further restoration and the addition of a north transept, bellcote, and porch occurred in 1869 by R. W. Johnson. The church is constructed of coursed and squared ironstone and limestone ashlar with ashlar dressings, and has Swithland slate roofs. It features a plinth, coped gables, a gabled lateral stack, and a large central buttress on the west end, flanked by single corner buttresses, with a molded gabled single bell turret above.
The south side has a buttress flanked by a late 15th century plain double lancet with a flat head, followed by a 19th-century double lancet with a flat head to the west of the porch. The north side has an off-centre buttress flanked on each side by a late 15th century plain double lancet with flat heads. The chancel east end has a Decorated triple lancet with a hood mould and stops from 1861. The north transept has a coped east gable with a cross and two flanking buttresses, and a Geometrical triple lancet with a hood mould and mask stops. Its west side features a late 15th century plain double lancet with a flat head, and the east side contains a restored roll-moulded 14th century doorway. The south porch has two flanking buttresses and a gable with a cross, a double chamfered and rebated doorway with a hood mould and stops, and a pair of wooden gates. Single chamfered lancets are set within each side of the porch, and the interior of the porch has a common rafter roof. The south doorway, dating back to the late 15th century, has a molded elliptical head and a restored hood mould.
Inside, the church has 19th-century roofs with arch braces on corbels and molded double purlins. A 19th-century aumbry sits on the north side of the chancel to the east. A stained glass window from 1890, by Winfield, is located at the east end of the chancel. Fittings from 1861 include an octagonal oak pulpit, stalls with poppyheads, roll-top benches, two prayer desks, and a low chancel screen. The church also contains a 15th-century style octagonal font (19th century) with a panelled bowl, along with a wooden war memorial plaque and roll of honour from 1919, and two 20th-century brasses. Stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops are also present.
Local climate
Church of St Michael receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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