Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1961. Church.
Church of St Michael and All Angels
- WRENN ID
- sharp-lancet-dale
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1961
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Michael and All Angels, Shipham
- OS grid reference
- ST 449 586
- Coordinates
- 51.32404, -2.79155
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a parish church that dates back to the late 14th century, with the nave, chancel, and south porch rebuilt in 1865. It is constructed of coursed and squared rubble and features a tile roof with fishscale bands, showcasing a Perpendicular architectural style. The west tower is unbuttressed and consists of three stages, complete with a polygonal stair turret, a pierced parapet with corner pinnacles, and two-light bell-chamber windows.
The church has a two-bay nave that includes a reused two-light window from the 15th century on its south wall, and a single-bay chancel with three-light east and west windows that have intersecting tracery. Inside, the floors are laid with encaustic tiles, and there is a 14th-century font topped with a Jacobean cover, as well as the royal arms from 1637. The interior also features an 18th-century oil painting of the crucifixion and a 19th-century wall monument by T King of Bath. In the chancel, there are a sedilia and piscina, each with a cinquefoiled head, a reredos, and two Jacobean chairs. The Perpendicular tower arch is notable, and there is a fragment of an Anglo-Saxon cross on the north wall of the chancel. Additionally, some stained glass dates from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Local climate
Church of St Michael and All Angels receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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