Church of St Michael is a Grade II* listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1983. Church.
Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- upper-pedestal-candle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Kesteven
- Constituency
- Sleaford and North Hykeham MP: Dr Caroline Johnson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1983
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Michael, Meadow Lane, South Hykeham
- OS grid reference
- SK 936 645
- Coordinates
- 53.16975, -0.59997
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Michael is a parish church that dates back to the 13th century and was restored and extended by M Drury and Martimer in 1859. It is constructed of coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and features a slate ridge roof with an eastern gable that has a coping and a finial. The church includes a west tower, a three-bay nave, a south porch, and an eastern apse.
The tower, primarily from the 13th century, has two lancet windows on the lower levels. The bell chamber features a two-light opening with geometric tracery on each face. The stone octagonal spire is adorned with four lucarne. The north front has four buttresses and a single lancet window to the west, along with two 19th-century two-light windows that also have geometric tracery.
The eastern semi-circular apse is unbuttressed and includes a corbel table and three lancets. The south front features a porch with a slate ridge roof and a stone-coped gable topped with a finial cross and splayed buttresses. It has a moulded pointed opening and two notable 19th-century windows, along with internal fittings from the same period.
Local climate
Church of St Michael sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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