St Michael's Church, Michaelchurch

St Michael's Church, Michaelchurch
A small, simple, stone church with a stone slate roof, a bellcote with a pyramidal roof, a porch and small windows, seen from the southwest
St Michael's Church, Michaelchurch, from the south-west
St Michael's Church, Michaelchurch is located in Herefordshire
St Michael's Church, Michaelchurch
St Michael's Church, Michaelchurch
Location in Herefordshire
51°55′34″N 2°41′50″W / 51.926056°N 2.697278°W / 51.926056; -2.697278
OS grid referenceSO 521 255
LocationMichaelchurch, Herefordshire
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
WebsiteChurches Conservation Trust
History
Founded1056 (?)
Founder(s)Herwald,
Bishop of Llandaff (?)
DedicationSaint Michael
Architecture
Functional statusRedundant
Heritage designationGrade II
Designated30 April 1986
Architectural typeChurch
StyleNorman
Specifications
MaterialsSandstone,
stone slate roofs

St Michael's Church is a redundant Anglican church in Tretire with Michaelchurch, Herefordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building,[1] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] It is in an isolated position in a field some 5 miles (8 km) to the west of Ross-on-Wye.[3] The church is notable for its 13th-century wall paintings,[2] and the presence of a reconstructed Roman altar.[3]

  1. ^ Historic England, "Church of St Michael, Tretire With Michaelchurch (1348804)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 February 2013
  2. ^ a b St Michael's Church, Michaelchurch, Herefordshire, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 29 March 2011
  3. ^ a b Michaelchurch, St Michaels church, Britain Express, retrieved 29 September 2010