Church of St. Michael is a Grade II* listed building in the West Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 November 1966. Church.
Church of St. Michael
- WRENN ID
- weathered-vestry-auburn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lindsey
- Constituency
- Gainsborough MP: Sir Edward Leigh (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 November 1966
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St. Michael, Main Street, Toft Newton
- OS grid reference
- TF 051 873
- Coordinates
- 53.37266, -0.42168
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Michael is a parish church that dates from the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 16th centuries, with restoration work completed in 1860 by James Fowler of Louth. It is constructed of roughly coursed limestone and ironstone rubble, featuring ashlar quoins and dressings. The church has slate roofs with stone-coped gables and cross fleury at the ridges.
The building includes a nave with a western bellcote, a chancel, and a south porch. The west end has a single 19th-century lancet window and a gabled ashlar bellcote with a single bell opening. On the north side of the nave, there is a blocked three-bay arcade, which is lit by two 19th-century lancets and a single 19th-century two-light window. Near the east end, there is a chimney stack, with the upper part made of ashlar and decorated with foiled quatrefoil designs. The east end features a single 19th-century two-light window.
The south side of the chancel has a late 13th-century two-light window with recut Y tracery, while the nave has a 16th-century three-light window with roll-moulded reveals and a four-centred head. The south porch and south doorway are designed in the Early English style from the 19th century.
Inside, the blocked late 13th-century three-bay north arcade has octagonal columns and plain capitals. The chancel arch, which dates from the 12th century, is small and narrow with no decoration. All furnishings and fittings are from the 1860 restoration, including the stained glass in the chancel and east end. The floor features Minton tiles in part, and the font is a plain octagonal bowl set on a 19th-century base.
In the chancel, there are two miniature 14th-century stone effigies in plain 19th-century alcoves on either side of the altar. The effigy on the north side represents a lady with her hands in prayer and her feet resting on a dog, inscribed with the name "Helaine" in Lombardic script. The south side features a male civilian with his feet on a woolstack, inscribed "William." Both figures rest on small coffin-shaped slabs and have been color washed.
Local climate
Church of St. Michael receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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