Church of St Michael is a Grade II* listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1966. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- half-timber-pigeon
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1966
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Michael, Orford Road, Tunstall
- OS grid reference
- TM 363 551
- Coordinates
- 52.14388, 1.45247
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Michael is a parish church that dates back to the 14th century, featuring a nave and chancel from that period. The square tower, which has diagonal buttresses, and the south porch were added in the 15th century. The church has undergone significant alterations in the 19th century. The nave and chancel are covered in stucco over flint rubble, while the tower is constructed of knapped flint with an ashlar and brick embattled parapet, and the south porch is also made of knapped flint. Most of the windows are from the 15th century, except for the east window, which was replaced in the 20th century. There are Norman doorways in both the nave and chancel, as well as a piscina located on the south wall of the main altar and another piscina in the nave. The font features a 14th-century foot and stem, but the bowl is an octagonal late Norman piece made of Purbeck marble.
Local climate
Church of St Michael sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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