Church of St Michael is a Grade II* listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. A Medieval Parish church. 2 related planning applications.
Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- cold-pediment-hawk
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Parish church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Michael, Church Brough, CA17 4EJ
- OS grid reference
- NY 793 139
- Coordinates
- 54.52016, -2.32107
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Michael is a parish church that dates back to the 12th century, with a west tower designed by Blenkinsop of Helbeck, constructed between 1513 and 1525. The church is built from sandstone blocks and features a chamfered plinth at the chancel, with a cavetto moulding at the eaves that supports a low parapet. The structure includes stepped buttressing and low-pitch lead roofs. It has a three-stage west tower, a nave with an added north aisle, and a chancel.
Inside the church, on the south side of the nave next to the pulpit, there is a memorial slab dated 1624 that bears the following carved inscription: "HERE LYE GABRIELL VINCENT STEWARD TO THE R H ANNE CLIFFORD COUNTESS DOWAGER OF PEMBROOKE DORSETT AND MONTGOMERY. AND CHIEF DIRECTOR OF ALL HER BVILDINGS IN THE NORTH WHO DYED IN THE ROMAN TOWER OF BROVGH CASTLE LIKE A GOOD CHRISTIAN THE 12 OF FFEBRUARY 1665 1666. LOOKING FOR THE SECOND COMMINGE OF OVR SAVIOVR IESVS CHRIST." Additionally, at the west end of the church, there is a Celtic Cross that serves as a memorial for those who served in the First World War. For more detailed information about the church's architecture and fittings, refer to the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, pages 49 and 50.
Local climate
Church of St Michael sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 62 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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