The Parish Church of St Michael the Archangel is a Grade I listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1966. A 12th century Church.
The Parish Church of St Michael the Archangel
- WRENN ID
- turning-entrance-poplar
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1966
- Type
- Church
- Address
- The Parish Church of St Michael the Archangel, the Street, Cuckmere Valley, Wealden
- OS grid reference
- TQ 523 019
- Coordinates
- 50.79714, 0.16028
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Michael the Archangel is a Grade I listed building located on the west side of The Street in Litlington. It is constructed of flint and features a slate roof. The church includes a chancel and a nave, which have origins in the 12th century, along with a wooden bell-turret topped by a broached shingled spire and a south porch. The nave's westernmost bay, located beneath the bell-turret, and the porch date from the 15th century. Inside, there is a sedilia with a 13th-century shaft and an Easter Sepulchre that has a Perpendicular arch.
Local climate
The Parish Church of St Michael the Archangel receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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