Church of St Michael is a Grade II* listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1951. Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- crooked-baluster-brook
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1951
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Michael, Bongate, Appleby-In-Westmorland, CA16 6UP
- OS grid reference
- NY 688 198
- Coordinates
- 54.57322, -2.48315
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Michael is a Grade II* listed building located in Appleby in Westmorland, specifically on the west side of Bongate. It contains Saxon fragments, a 13th-century south door, a 14th-century south arcade, and a transept. The church underwent significant restoration by Lady Anne Clifford in 1659 and was further restored with the addition of a north tower in 1885.
The structure is built of coursed red sandstone rubble and features slate roofs. It includes a nave, chancel, south transept, and north tower. The windows display decorated tracery, mostly renewed in the 17th century. The tower is decorated, castellated, and has corner turrets with crocketted pinnacles. The five-bay arcade may have been reconstructed in 1885, along with the chancel arch and a choir screen added in the same year. The timber roofs have arch-braced collars in the nave. Notable features include a Saxon north door and a late 14th-century effigy of Elizabeth Clifford, as well as 18th-century headstones in the churchyard.
Local climate
Church of St Michael sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 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 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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 — 1 application
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