Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1960. A Medieval Church.

Church of St Michael and All Angels

WRENN ID
shadowed-moulding-coral
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 October 1960
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Hanford
OS grid reference
ST 845 111
Coordinates
50.89986, -2.22087
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Michael and All Angels, now serving as a school chapel, is a parish church that may have medieval origins but was largely remodeled in the 17th century, with a datestone indicating 1650. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features a stone-slate roof. The church has an undifferentiated nave and chancel, along with a west porch. The east window consists of three cinquefoiled lights with Perpendicular tracery beneath a pointed head. The other windows are made up of two lancet lights with plain spandrel lights under pointed heads. The porch includes a south doorway with a lugged, moulded architrave, topped by an unusual entablature featuring a highly pulvinated frieze, which supports a moulded elliptical archway. There is a double 17th-century plank door.

Inside, the church has a plastered barrel roof and a 19th-century wall painting at the east end by Mrs. Symer of the mansion, along with 19th-century glass and other fittings that are largely from the 19th century. Notably, architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner questions the 17th-century dating of the main body of the church, suggesting a later period instead.

Local climate

Church of St Michael and All Angels receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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