Charnel House in the Churchyard of the Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 January 1966. Churchyard building.
Charnel House in the Churchyard of the Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- standing-grate-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 January 1966
- Type
- Churchyard building
- Address
- Charnel House in the Churchyard of the Church of St Michael, Church Street, Mere
- OS grid reference
- ST 811 322
- Coordinates
- 51.08927, -2.2704
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Charnel House in the churchyard of the Church of St Michael is a churchyard building, possibly a former charnel house, which is now used as a store. It features a late medieval front but has been significantly reconstructed at the back. The structure is made of squared limestone rubble arranged in courses, topped with a plain tile roof that has a tight-clipped verge. The north side includes red brick dressing and quoins.
Facing the churchyard, there is a flat segmental chamfered opening with a 19th-century plank door. To the right of this opening is a worn cusped single light with terracotta beneath a section of straight hollow mould acting as a drip. The gable has a plain rectangular opening with a chamfered surround. The left wall contains a late opening filled with planks, while the right wall is plain. The roof structure was rebuilt in the 19th or 20th century. Additionally, a rubble wall extends to the right at eaves height, continuing to form a returned garden wall.
Local climate
Charnel House in the Churchyard of the Church of St Michael receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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