Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1957. A Victorian Church. 8 related planning applications.
Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- solitary-hinge-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1957
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Church of St Michael, New Lane Hill, RG30 4JX
- OS grid reference
- SU 673 729
- Coordinates
- 51.45139, -1.03195
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Michael is a Church of England building located on Church Road in Tilehurst. The south aisle dates back to the early 14th century, while the brick tower, constructed in 1737, features red and grey brick in an English bond pattern with header bond corner piers. The remainder of the church was built by Street in 1856 and includes a stone spire with brick banding, angle pinnacles, flying buttresses, and large gablets. The church is a three-bay hall structure made of squared and knapped coursed flint on a stone plinth, with stone strings and dressings, and has an old tile roof. The chancel has two bays and there is a short north transept that breaks the line of the aisles. The south door has a cusped surround. The tower displays datestones reading DW 17 R.?O R.?C 37 1737 17?71, with another datestone located on the opposite side of the road at No. 4 Church Cottages, dated 1779.
Inside, the church is plain but features a large and ornate alabaster monument to Sir Peter Vanlore, who died in 1627, along with depictions of his wife and children. The east window of the south aisle is said to be by William Morris, created in 1869. There is also a large brass commemorating Gavin More, who died in 1479. The churchyard contains various 17th and 18th-century headstones, many of which are double.
Local climate
Church of St Michael 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 lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 8 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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