Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- tired-lancet-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1982
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Michael, St Michael's Road B18, B18 5LB
- OS grid reference
- SP 052 891
- Coordinates
- 52.50032, -1.92391
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Michael, located on St Michael's Road in Handsworth, was built in 1855 by W Bourne. This large sandstone church features ashlar dressings and includes a chancel, aisles, nave, west transepts, and a south-west tower with a spire that was added in 1868. The church is designed in a competent Decorated style and is situated on a prominent hillside site within a well-timbered former churchyard. The tower serves as a notable landmark in the area.
Local climate
Church of St Michael receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% 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 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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