The Village Hall
A Village hall has stood in the centre of the Village since 1942. A gift of land from the Grosvenor family allowed the original hall, an ex army corrugated iron hut erected in the 1920s on Oldwood Common to be moved to new site in the centre of the village. In the 1970s the Village raised money to build a brick toilet block at the front of the Hall. The Hall has benefited from Lottery funding over the years, a grant in 1996 allowing the old hut to be replaced with a brick building. A grant in 2013 was used to replace the flooring and heating add storage and redesign the kitchen. In 2020 a Lottery Grant has allowed us to re build the toilets and add a Foyer and new entrance.
St Michaels Church
St Michael’s and All Angels Church was endowed and built (1852-56) as an expression of Sir Frederick Ouseley’s commitment to the renaissance of English Church Music. The near-spectacular building by Henry Woodyer was richly furnished and decorated, and its high vaulted roof provided a fine acoustic. The genuine ‘Father Willis’ organ is widely recognised throughout the Church music world as outstanding, and regularly attracts many famous Cathedral organists and numerous visiting Choirs throughout the year. The Church also served as the Chapel to the adjoining College, which Sir Frederick Ouseley founded as a Choir School. Click to continue reading…
The Village Pond
The St Michaels Millennium Group was formed in the late 1990’s to find an original project to celebrate the Millennium. Permission was sought from the owner of the common to erect a tree in the pond and the National Lottery (Millennium Awards) granted £3,500 towards the project. The villagers cleared out and puddled the site of the former drovers’ pond in 2000 and commissioned local artist blacksmith, Peter Crownshaw, to design and create a stainless steel tree to mark the Millennium. The Group was also awarded a £500 prize for the project in a competition run by Worcestershire County Council. The pond and the surrounding area were planted with local wild plants under the guidance of botanist, the late Ellen Heywood-Waddington. Click to continue reading…
KITE – Our Good Neighbour Scheme
We aim to support the community of St Michaels by getting together a group of co-ordinators and volunteers to help people with a specific need. The service is free and the volunteers’s services and time is free but if expenses are incurred a donation will be requested. The scheme is not intended to replace carers and volunteers are no able to provide personal care. Click to continue reading…