Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 1967. Church.
Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- graven-pewter-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 March 1967
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Michael, Blindbothel, Cumberland
- OS grid reference
- NY 114 248
- Coordinates
- 54.61069, -3.37282
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Michael is a parish church built in 1773 on a medieval site, with a restoration in 1925. It features incised render over slate rubble walls and is topped with a graduated greenslate roof that has coped gables. The church has a low three-bay nave and chancel, a west porch, and an open gabled bellcote. The 20th-century casement windows have a round-headed centre panel and radial heads, with stone surrounds that include hinge brackets for shutters. The porch is simply rendered and slated. Inside, there is a dado of 18th-century panelling, and the king-post roof trusses are likely from the 16th century, originating from the earlier church. The font bowl is from the 12th century and sits on a 19th-century pedestal.
Local climate
Church of St Michael sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,510 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% 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 58% 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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