Church of St Michael is a Grade I listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1959. A C15 Church.
Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- hidden-pewter-briar
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1959
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Michael, Church Road, Bunwell
- OS grid reference
- TM 125 927
- Coordinates
- 52.4914, 1.12947
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Michael is a Grade I listed building dating from the 15th century. It consists of a nave, south porch, chancel, and a west tower. The church features large Perpendicular style windows in both the nave and chancel. The south porch, also from the 15th century, has flushwork panelling. The west tower is substantial, with diagonal buttresses, two-light bell-openings, an embattled parapet adorned with flushwork panelling, and a Perpendicular style west window along with a west doorway. Inside, the wide nave has a roof supported by moulded tie-beams, arched braces, and queen-posts, with one pair of hammerbeams. The chancel features an arched brace roof. Notable interior elements include a 15th-century octagonal font and the Royal Arms of Queen Anne. The building is constructed from flint with stone dressings, and parts of it are rendered.
Local climate
Church of St Michael sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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