Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II* listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1966. Church.

Church of St Michael and All Angels

WRENN ID
lesser-shingle-ebony
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 December 1966
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Church Street, Peasenhall
OS grid reference
TM 355 692
Coordinates
52.27056, 1.45091
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a parish church that dates back to the medieval period and was significantly restored between 1860 and 1861 in the Perpendicular style. The church consists of a nave, chancel, west tower, north porch, and south vestry, constructed from random flint and stone rubble with stone dressings and a slated roof. The 15th-century tower features three-stage diagonal buttresses on the west face and a mid-19th-century crenellated parapet, both adorned with flushwork. It has a two-light west window and two-light openings in the bell chamber, along with a large clock face on the north side.

The nave has five bays with two-light windows, while the porch, a notable feature from the 15th century, has a knapped flint facade with three tiers of flushwork panels, a moulded arch, a hoodmould with carved spandrels and stops, and three empty canopied niches above. The chancel is two bays long and has a five-light east window. Both the nave and chancel have mid-19th-century scissor-braced rafter roofs with crenellated wallplates that are decorated with fleurons; the chancel wallplate is from the 15th century. Inside, there is a good 12th-century font that is square with convex sides and attached corner shafts. Beneath the organ gallery and on either side of the sanctuary, there is some 16th-century linenfold panelling that was taken from the nearby Swan public house. Other furnishings date from the mid-19th century. The church is listed as Grade II* for its well-preserved medieval features, particularly the porch.

Local climate

Church of St Michael and All Angels sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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