Church of St Michael is a Grade I listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1956. A C16 Church.
Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- outer-minaret-grove
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1956
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Michael, Stawley
- OS grid reference
- ST 060 226
- Coordinates
- 50.99537, -3.34046
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Michael is a Grade I listed building with origins in the 13th and 16th centuries. It features red sandstone random rubble masonry with Ham stone dressings and a slate roof. The church comprises a nave, chancel, west tower, and south porch. The west tower, built in the early 16th century, has three stages, a moulded plinth, an embattled parapet, angled buttresses, a stair turret, and a three-light perpendicular window. Above a four-centred arch doorway, there is a strip of quatrefoil decoration with shields inscribed "Pray for the soules of Henry Hines and Agnes his Wyffe AD1522." The east end has an unusual square-headed three-light window from the 16th century with a drip mould. The south side of the chancel features two-light windows and a priest's door from the 13th century, along with two and four-light perpendicular windows flanking the porch. There is also a late 17th-century cross window with leaded panes on the north wall. The gabled 14th-century porch has a round-headed entrance and a moulded doorway with a fine 13th-century door that has ornamental hinges.
Inside, the church is rendered, and the chancel is set slightly off-centre. It has a barrel vault with moulded wooden ribs and bosses, similar to those in the nave. The octagonal font, dating from the 14th century, is set on an octagonal shaft with a square base and flattened broaches. The church contains box pews, a pulpit with a tester, baluster altar rails, and a panelled dado in the chancel, all from the 18th century. The royal coat of arms is displayed over the chancel arch. The Lord's Prayer and the Credo are inscribed on wooden panels from 1826 on the north wall, and the Ten Commandments are located in the tower. Notably, there are no 19th-century alterations, preserving the fine 18th-century fittings.
Local climate
Church of St Michael receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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