Church of St Michael is a Grade I listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1967. A C14-C15 Church.
Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- leaning-baluster-tarn
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1967
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Michael, the Street, Smarden
- OS grid reference
- TQ 879 422
- Coordinates
- 51.14902, 0.6863
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Michael is a Grade I listed building located in Smarden. The chancel and nave date back to the 14th century, while the west tower was built in the 15th century. Notable features include two piscinas, sedilia, and an aumbry. The church is often referred to as the "Barn of Kent" due to the design of its roof and the width of the nave. The churchyard contains several 18th-century table tombs and headstones, some of which feature double designs with cherub, skull, or bone and mattock motifs.
Local climate
Church of St Michael sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% 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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