Church of St Michael is a Grade I listed building in the Windsor and Maidenhead local planning authority area, England. A C12 Church.

Church of St Michael

WRENN ID
haunted-belfry-grove
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Windsor and Maidenhead
Constituency
Windsor MP: Jack Rankin (Con)
Country
England
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Michael, Stanwell Road, Horton
OS grid reference
TQ 014 758
Coordinates
51.47227, -0.54037
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Michael is a parish church located on Stanwell Road, dating back to the 12th century. It features a three-bay nave with church walls and a finely ornamented Norman north doorway. The north transept was added in the 15th century, and the late 16th-century tower is constructed of flint, with some early brick and dressed stone quoins. The church underwent restoration in 1875-76, which included the chancel, south aisle, and vestry.

Inside, the nave roof has chamfered crown posts that are traced two ways onto collar purlins. There is a simple 12th-century font with a large twisted edge roll and a modern base. Traces of early decoration can be seen on the soffit of the west nave arch. East of the arches in the south arcade, a flight of stone steps leads through a two-centred arched doorway to the former rood-loft that spanned the chancel arch. A piscina is located to the right of the altar in the Lady Chapel. The stained glass windows were created in 1882 by Kemp.

Notable monuments include a ledger stone in the chancel for Sarah Milton, mother of the poet, dated 1637, and a cartouche with swags and an escutcheon for Robert Narmey from 1734 on the north wall.

Local climate

Church of St Michael sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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