Church of St Michael is a Grade I listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1967. A Medieval Church.

Church of St Michael

WRENN ID
hollow-trefoil-gilt
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1967
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Michael, Church Hill, Musbury
OS grid reference
SY 275 945
Coordinates
50.74613, -3.02806
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Michael is a parish church dating from the 15th century, restored by Hayward of Exeter. The chancel was rebuilt in 1865, and the north aisle was added in 1875. It is constructed of stone rubble with freestone dressings and has slate roofs. The nave features north and south aisle windows with flat heads, while the south aisle has a Perpendicular west window. The chancel includes a three-light Perpendicular east window. The south doorway has a double-chamfered arch without capitals, and there is a south porch. The west tower has diagonal buttresses, an embattled parapet, and a polygonal stair turret on the south side. It contains small single light bell openings, a three-light Perpendicular traceried west window, and a moulded arch west doorway without capitals.

Inside, there is a four-bay north arcade with double-chamfered two-centred arches and octagonal piers, and a four-bay south arcade with hollow-chamfered arches and shafts on alternate faces of the piers. The church features late 19th-century furnishings. Notably, there is the Drake monument in the south aisle, erected in 1611 and extended around 1646. This monument includes three pairs of kneeling figures facing east, separated by pilastered screens, all set on a plinth with inscription panels over coats of arms, separated by wide pilasters. The top of the monument is missing.

Local climate

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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