Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1966. A Medieval Church.

Church of St Michael

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 December 1966
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Michael, Water Stratford Road, Finmere
OS grid reference
SP 636 331
Coordinates
51.99304, -1.07422
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Michael is a 14th-century church that was restored by G. E. Street between 1856 and 1858. During this restoration, a north aisle was added, and the chancel arch was widened. The church is constructed of squared coursed limestone and features 20th-century tile roofs. It comprises a chancel, nave, north aisle, vestry, west tower, and south porch, with a four-window range. The chancel includes a three-light Reticulated east window, 19th-century lancets on the north side, and a two-light Reticulated window on the south. There is a restored priest's door on the south. The nave features a two-light lancet and a three-light window with intersecting tracery, along with two two-light Perpendicular clerestory windows. The south porch is gabled and has a 19th-century door. The west tower has multiple stages with a crenellated parapet, string courses, and a louvred opening to the bell-turret, along with stone-coped gables. Inside, there are 19th-century fixtures and fittings, 19th-century roofs, and a three-bay north arcade from the same period. A 12th-century tub-shaped font and 18th-century wall memorials to the Turner family, as well as Francis James and Nathaniel Bacon, who died in 1739 and 1740 respectively, and William Chaplin who died in 1776, can also be found. The west window contains 19th-century glass.

Local climate

Church of St Michael sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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