Church of St Michael is a Grade II* listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1987. Church.

Church of St Michael

WRENN ID
low-balcony-frost
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 March 1987
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Michael, Hope Mansell
OS grid reference
SO 625 196
Coordinates
51.87412, -2.5455
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Michael is a Grade II* listed building located in Hope Mansell. It dates back to the early 14th century, with some remains from the 12th century, and was extensively restored in 1889. The church is constructed from sandstone rubble and features a tile roof. It consists of a nave with a west bellcote, a lower chancel offset to the north, and a south porch.

The west wall includes a 19th-century lancet window situated between two buttresses, along with a gabled bellcote that houses two bells. The north wall of the nave has two bays with windows that have chamfered surrounds and round heads, likely from the 18th century. The south wall features a similar window to the east of the porch and a 19th-century trefoiled window to the west. The open gabled porch, probably from the 17th century, has a collar-rafter roof, and its doorway has a chamfered surround with a straight-sided pointed head. In the east wall of the nave, there is a chamfered lancet.

The chancel, dating from the early 14th century, has a lancet window and a doorway with a 19th-century pointed head on the north side. The south wall contains two windows: one with a trefoiled ogee light and another lancet. The east window features three lights with intersecting tracery.

Inside, both the nave and chancel have scissor-braced rafter roofs. The chancel arch is chamfered in two orders, with the inner order dying into the responds. High in the wall to the south of the arch is a 13th-century window that now opens into the chancel. The south wall of the chancel includes a trefoiled piscina. The sandstone font, which has a round bowl with a moulded stem, is likely from the 13th century. The chancel windows contain late 19th-century glass.

Local climate

Church of St Michael receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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