Church of St Michael is a Grade II* listed building in the Basingstoke and Deane local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1966. Church.
Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- solitary-passage-smoke
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Constituency
- North West Hampshire MP: Kit Malthouse (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 May 1966
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Michael, Ashmansworth
- OS grid reference
- SU 424 562
- Coordinates
- 51.30365, -1.39203
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Michael, built in 1775 and altered in 1894, features an aisleless nave with three windows on each side and a short chancel that has a segmental apse. It includes a 19th-century porch. The roof above the apse is flat, and the brick dentil eaves and curb to the apse parapet indicate later reconstruction. At the west end, there is a small timber bell turret with a tiled roof. The church is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, with blue flush panels around the openings and two tall panels on the plain chancel walls, using header bricks at the apse end. The openings are adorned with red rubbed semi-circular arches, stepped stone keys, and stone impost blocks, along with a plinth. The later west wall features two buttresses. The windows have leaded lights with coloured side panes. The porch has a tiled roof and boarded walls above a brick base, with the doorway repositioned from its original location, now serving as a window. Inside, the nave ceiling, repaired in 1971, is segmental, while the chancel ceiling is semi-circular, both meeting the plain walls with a cavetto moulding. The chancel includes a panelled dado, with tall panels on each side of the altar enclosed by fluted pilasters and a cornice, and the floor is paved with coloured marble. The font, made of two parts, dates from the 18th century and is of Italian origin, featuring a white marble bowl with small cherub heads and a sandstone baluster with raised figures. The oak pulpit is also from the 18th century.
Local climate
Church of St Michael receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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