Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1958. Church. 12 related planning applications.
Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- silent-glass-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1958
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Michael, Chester Square Sw1, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 284 788
- Coordinates
- 51.49418, -0.15103
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Michael is a church dating from 1846, designed by Cundy Junior. A War Memorial Chapel was added to the north-east end in 1920, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. The church is constructed of coursed rubble stone with ashlar dressings and a pitched slate roof, topped with a spire. It is built in the Decorated style and has a broad, multi-gabled form, with a north tower of two stages and a recessed broach spire. The nave has full-height galleried aisles to the north and south and entrances to the north, south, and west. The Chester Square elevation features five gabled bays, the centre taller and broader, with a five-light traceried window. A War Memorial Chapel is located to the north-east with a rounded apse. Inside the church are two south windows dating from 1882, designed by Morris and Co, and a west window by Hugh Easton.
Local climate
Church of St Michael sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 12 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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