The Parish Church of St Michael is a Grade I listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1961. A C14 Church.
The Parish Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- muted-column-wind
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1961
- Type
- Church
- Address
- The Parish Church of St Michael, Penhurst Lane
- OS grid reference
- TQ 694 165
- Coordinates
- 50.92359, 0.40936
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Michael is a Grade I listed building located on Penhurs Lane in Penhurst. It features a chancel, north chapel, nave, south porch, and a west tower, with the upper part of the tower being tile-hung and topped with a pyramidical tiled roof. The chancel and nave date back to the 14th century, while the tower was built in the 15th century, and the north chapel and porch were added in the 17th century. Inside, there are box-pews and panelling. This church is an attractive, unrestored example of a small country church.
Local climate
The Parish Church of St Michael receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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