Former Church of St Michael is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1981. A Gothic Former church.
Former Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- bitter-tracery-hyssop
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1981
- Type
- Former church
- Address
- Former Church of St Michael, Gare Hill, Trudoxhill
- OS grid reference
- ST 779 402
- Coordinates
- 51.16086, -2.3161
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Church of St Michael, built around 1857 by William Butterfield for the Duke of Somerset, is a disused Gothic church. It features a buttressed nave and chancel with three and two bays respectively, all under a single tile roof with a crested ridge. The church has a gabled south porch and is constructed from Doulting rubble. At the west end, there is a thin octagonal bell turret topped with a spirelet, and below it are lancet windows flanking a central buttress. The north and south sides have two-light pointed head windows with geometric tracery, while the east window consists of three lights with plate tracery. A notable interior feature is the elaborate collar beam and king post roof in the nave, along with some stained glass in the chancel. The church has group value with the churchyard wall and is situated in a prominent landscape setting.
Local climate
Former Church of St Michael receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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