St Michael, Cambridge
St Michael, Cambridge
St Michael’s on Trinity Street, Cambridge, is a Grade I Decorated parish church rebuilt in the late 1320s for Hervey de Stanton’s Michaelhouse, now in the parish of St Mary the Great with St Michael, in the Diocese of Ely.
- Location
- Cambridge,
- Country
- England
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- City / town
- Cambridge
- Address
- Trinity Street, Cambridge, CB2 1SU
- Postcode
- CB2 1SU
- Built
- Rebuilt late 1320s; restored 1849–50 and 1868–74; multi-use conversion completed 2002
- Architect
- Hervey de Stanton (patron of the 1320s rebuild); Sir George Gilbert Scott (1849–50); George Gilbert Scott Jr (1868–74 furnishings)
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Michael
- Diocese
- Ely
- Parish
- St Mary the Great with St Michael, Cambridge
- Grade
- I
- Style
- Decorated Gothic
- Grid reference
- TL 448 585
- Opening hours
- Open 9am to 5pm Monday to Saturday and 12.30pm to 5pm Sunday.
- Access
- Accessible toilets in church. Level access throughout. Level access to the main areas
Overview
A church stood here by the twelfth century. In 1323 Stanton acquired it for Michaelhouse, a precursor of Trinity College; the present building was wholly rebuilt in the late 1320s, with a choir larger than the nave to serve both college and parish. After 1546 it passed to Trinity College and remained a parish church. Historic England records restorations after a fire by Sir George Gilbert Scott (1849–50), who rebuilt the north porch, and refurnishing of the chancel in 1868–74 by George Gilbert Scott Jr. The parish was united with Great St Mary’s in 1908; the church was later used mainly as a hall and converted to a multi-use space completed in 2002. Listed Grade I on 26 April 1950 (NHLE 1126061); listing NGR TL4484858534.