Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II* listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1960. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Michael and All Angels
- WRENN ID
- tattered-rubblework-plum
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Test Valley
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1960
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Michael and All Angels, Penton Grafton
- OS grid reference
- SU 317 466
- Coordinates
- 51.2181, -1.5466
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a parish church located on an ancient site near a Roman road, possibly built on the remains of a heathen temple. A Saxon church once stood here, but the oldest part of the current structure is the Norman chancel arch. The church features a 13th-century chancel, which has been restored, a north transept built in 1827, and a nave restoration along with a three-bay south aisle completed in 1863. Additional elements include a 19th-century porch and vestry, and a bell turret added in 1907.
The building has a steep tile roof over most areas, while the nave and north transept have a low-pitched slate roof. The timber-framed bell turret is topped with a shingled spire and has gables with lower tile-hung framing. The walls are constructed of flint with stone dressings, and the north transept is rendered. The nave and south aisle, which are nearly equal in width and height, feature decorative brick treatments at the verges, relieving arches, and horizontal bands. The windows include small or tall lancets in the nave and aisle, with a coupled light in the nave and triple lancets at the east end.
Inside, the church has a Victorian appearance with fittings from that period, including several small wall monuments from the early 19th century. The arcade is supported by thin cylindrical columns that transition into wide square cushion caps. The nave roof, dating from 1506, features moulded tie-beams with king-posts and queen struts. There is a plain stone font and three benefaction boards displayed above the south door in the porch. The architectural features of this church are similar to those found at Haverden and Smannell, both attributed to William White, although Pevsner credits them to Hakewill.
Local climate
Church of St Michael and All Angels receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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