Church of St Michael is a Grade II* listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1960. Church.
Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- first-courtyard-cream
- 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
- Address
- Church of St Michael, Quarley
- OS grid reference
- SU 272 439
- Coordinates
- 51.19444, -1.61097
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Michael is a parish church with origins in the 11th century, featuring elements from the 15th century, early 18th century, and a restoration in 1882. The church has an aisleless nave from the 11th century and a chancel from the 15th century, along with later windows, a vestry located to the north of the chancel, and a south porch added in 1882. A detached timber-framed bell-cote is also present.
The exterior is plain, with a tile roof and walls made of flint, some of which display a herring-bone pattern, along with added stone and some brick rubble in the restored sections. Notable architectural features include a high window above the south porch, now filled, which has thin voussoirs in an early Romanesque style, and a tall north door to the nave, also filled, that resembles the south porch window. A high narrow round-arched window remains in the west gable, while the south side of the chancel features a 2-light Perpendicular window. The main nave windows are in the Victorian Perpendicular style, with the west window being plain on the outside and Perpendicular within. The east window, dating from 1723, is a prominent feature, designed in Venetian form with an Ionic Order of square columns both inside and out.
Inside, the restoration from 1882 is evident in the chancel arch and a tall arch leading to the vestry. The reveal of a 11th-century window is visible on the south side of the nave, along with the stone jamb of a similar window opposite and the stone frame of the north door. The church contains a plain tub font, 18th-century chancel rails with turned balusters that are also repeated in the pulpit, and several wall monuments located in the chancel from 1793 and 1803, as well as in the nave from 1823, 1826, and 1832. The floor slabs include one from 1757 located in the center of the chancel.
Local climate
Church of St Michael receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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