Church of St Michael is a Grade I listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1967. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- watchful-ledge-thistle
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1967
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Michael, Kenchester
- OS grid reference
- SO 434 432
- Coordinates
- 52.08468, -2.82724
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Michael is a parish church that dates from the late 12th century, with a 13th-century bellcote, a 15th-century south porch, and alterations to the chancel roof from the 17th century. It underwent restorations in 1909 and 1925. The building is constructed of sandstone rubble, featuring a timber-framed porch and a Welsh slate roof. It consists of a continuous nave and chancel, with a south porch and a west end of the nave that has been thickened to support the bellcote.
The nave includes two renewed trefoil-headed lights to the right of the restored 15th-century south porch, with curved braces to the tie beam and struts above, and close studding to the returns. There is an inner 12th-century roll moulded semicircular-headed doorway. The north wall has three renewed trefoil-headed lights and a blocked north doorway that was formerly segmental-headed, along with a bellcote at the west end. Below the gable, there are two pointed arched heads with a label.
In the chancel, there is a 12th-century semicircular-headed light on the south side and a similar window on the north side. The east window features three stepped and plain pointed-arched lights with a label.
Inside, the nave has a four-bay layout with a ceiled roof, tie-beam trusses with inclined struts, and a 17th-century two-bay chancel roof that includes two arch-braced trusses with decorative members and central pendants. A re-used north main post with vine ornament likely formed part of the rood. The font is a tall, oddly shaped cylindrical bowl with a round stem on a moulded base, with the base and bowl possibly made from re-used Roman material.
Local climate
Church of St Michael receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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