Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1967. Parish church.

Church of St Michael and All Angels

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 January 1967
Type
Parish church
Address
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Ewyas Harold
OS grid reference
SO 387 287
Coordinates
51.9539, -2.89243
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a parish church. The west tower dates to the mid-13th century and was restored in 1899. The chancel is of about 1300 but has been extensively altered; the nave and chancel arch were rebuilt, and a south porch and north vestry were added in 1868 by G C Hadley. The church is constructed of sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings, and has 20th-century tiled roofs.

The west tower is of three stages, set on a splayed plinth with a moulded capping, pyramidal roof, and a string course at the upper stage. A staircase extension is present to the south-west. A three-light window illuminates the vestry, featuring detached shafts to the jambs and mullions, with moulded capitals and bases. Similar two-light windows are present on the east and north sides. A small light, possibly originally trefoiled, sits alongside a larger two-light window with a pierced two-centred head and chamfered label. A two-centred arched doorway with a continuous chamfer to the outer order and a moulded stop is on the ground floor to the south. The capping of the plinth extends over the doorway as a label. Loop vents are visible in the stair extension to the left of the doorway. There are no openings to the west side of the tower.

The 19th-century nave has a single lancet window to the left and two two-light windows with a quatrefoil roundel above to the right of the doorway. A gabled, timber-framed porch is present to the south, with a two-centred arched head to the doorway and a moulded outer order. The chancel features 13th-century lancet windows flanking a restored early 14th-century central window with a two-centred arched head and two trefoil-headed lights with a quatrefoil above. An 1868 east window with three lights, a central roundel, a cinquefoil, and a decorative projecting gable completes the composition.

Inside, the tower and chancel arches are 19th century. A repaired and considerably restored trussed rafter roof covers the nave and chancel. A monument is located in the north wall of the chancel; it comprises an early 14th-century recess with a moulded segmental pointed arch, attached shafts to the jambs, and decorative cusping. A reclining effigy of a female figure in contemporary 14th-century dress, with a draped head-dress and wimple, and clasping an object (possibly a heart), is present. Her feet rest on a crouching lion. It is reputed she is Lady Clarissa, daughter of John Tregor, Lord of Ewias, and died in 1290. Fragments of a 17th-century pulpit, including two carved side panels featuring an interlacing folial motif, and a 19th-century base are present, while fragments of 18th-century dado panelling with decorative detail are found in the chancel.

Local climate

Church of St Michael and All Angels receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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