Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1984. Church.
Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- western-sentry-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1984
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Michael, Ainstable
- OS grid reference
- NY 530 467
- Coordinates
- 54.81317, -2.73281
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Michael is a church built in 1872 by G. Watson, located on the site of a medieval church. It is constructed of hammer-dressed red sandstone and features a slate roof with coped gables, a cross finial, and decorative ridge tiles. The church has a four-bay nave with a south transept and a two-bay chancel. The nave includes two triplets of closely set lancet windows, while the transept has double lancets with a circular window and plate tracery above. The chancel features both double and single lancets with hood moulds. Inside, there is a Norman pillar piscina with a decorated shaft, a heraldic graveslab dedicated to John Denton from around 1390, and effigies of John Aglionby and Katherine Denton from 1428, which were brought from St Cuthberts in Carlisle in 1778. Additionally, there is a wall tablet to Francis Aglionby created by M.L. Watson in 1843. The tower was demolished in 1983.
Local climate
Church of St Michael sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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