Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II* listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1985. A Medieval Church.

Church of St Michael and All Angels

WRENN ID
salt-terrace-dawn
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 January 1985
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Wasdale, Cumberland
OS grid reference
NY 124 040
Coordinates
54.42451, -3.35047
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a parish church that was originally a chapel of St Bees, with its dedication uncertain. It is believed to date from the 15th century, with a north aisle added in 1830, along with later additions and alterations. The building is constructed of pebble-dashed rubble and features a graduated slate roof with an outshut to the north aisle, stone copings, a bellcote at the west end, and an apex cross at the east. It is a single-storey structure with a single cell and a north aisle. The entrance has a plank door with a window to the left and two 2-light windows to the right.

Inside, the north arcade consists of elliptical arches supported by monolithic stone columns that have stop-chamfered edges and octagonal caps. The main body of the church features similar plaster transverse arches that spring from corbels adorned with winged heads. Decorative plaster bosses can be found in each bay, with some displaying foliate designs, an open bible, the star of David, and a dove in a sunburst over the altar. A royal coat-of-arms of George III, made of plaster, is located on the west wall, indicating that the plasterwork likely dates from the early 19th century. The richly carved panelling behind the altar is from the 17th century and was brought from York Minster after a fire there in 1829; the pulpit to the left features similar carving. There are 19th-century texts on the walls on either side of the east window, along with remnants of 18th-century texts on the south wall.

Local climate

Church of St Michael and All Angels sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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