Parish Church of St Michael is a Grade I listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1952. A Medieval Church.
Parish Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- odd-baluster-sedge
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1952
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Parish Church of St Michael, Church Street, Lyme Regis
- OS grid reference
- SY 343 922
- Coordinates
- 50.72572, -2.93169
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Michael is a significant building originally constructed between the 12th and 15th centuries. At the end of the 15th century, the old chancel was replaced with a complete church of West Country type. While the transepts and the western part of the 12th-century nave have been demolished, the tower and the eastern part of the old nave remain, with the latter now serving as a porch. The church has undergone restorations in 1834, 1901, 1930, and 1933, and a south vestry was added in 1885. Inside, there is a 17th-century gallery and pulpit, along with various monuments, floor slabs, and brasses. Notably, there is a tapestry referenced in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Dorset, Volume I. The church is part of a group with Nos 46 to 57 on Church Street, which includes the churchyard wall and railings, and it also forms a group with Nos 7 to 9 on Monmouth Street.
Local climate
Parish Church of St Michael receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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