Church of St. Michael is a Grade II* listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1952. Church. 3 related planning applications.
Church of St. Michael
- WRENN ID
- other-rubble-twilight
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 1952
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St. Michael, Lower Green, Inkpen, RG17 9DS
- OS grid reference
- SU 357 637
- Coordinates
- 51.37192, -1.4875
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Michael is a building with a 13th-century foundation, although it was extensively restored and rebuilt between 1896 and 1897 by C.C. Rolfe in an Early English style. It is constructed of flint with Bath stone dressings, with tile hanging to the belfry and a lead roof, and a tiled main roof. The church includes a nave, chancel, north aisle, and south porch, featuring a steeply pitched roof with gable parapets and a short, square belfry over the west end.
The south elevation has a two-light window to the left, a gabled south porch, a five-light square-headed window with a label mould, and a two-light window under a two-centred arched label mould. The east end features three simple lancet windows.
Inside, the church has six bays with a double purlin roof on trusses displaying arch braces to ties and queen struts above. A simple arcade of three wide arches leads to the north aisle. A carved timber rood screen, incorporating a rood and figures of Mary and John, was created by Harry Hems of Exeter. Within the chancel lies a weathered stone effigy of a crusader knight. Beneath the belfry are two re-set 18th-century memorials. To the left is a white and grey marble casket surmounted by an urn, commemorating Mrs. Audrey Brickerden and Mrs. Catherine Fisher, who died in 1727 and 1728 respectively. To the right is a brown, grey, and white marble memorial, in the form of a pedimented casket on a base flanked by flaming urns, dedicated to John Fisher of Bristol, who died in 1765. The building has group value.
Local climate
Church of St. Michael receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 2 transactions since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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