St Michael's Church, Duntisbourne Rouse

St Michael's, Duntisbourne Rouse
Location in Gloucestershire
Coordinates: 51°45′12″N 2°01′21″W / 51.7532°N 2.0226°W / 51.7532; -2.0226
OS grid reference	SO 9853406059
Location	Duntisbourne Rouse, Gloucestershire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
History
Dedication	Saint Michael
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	28 November 1958 (1958-11-28)
Administration
Deanery	Cirencester
Archdeaconry	Cheltenham
Diocese	Gloucester
Province	Canterbury

St Michael's Church is an Anglican church in the Cotswold village of Duntisbourne Rouse, Gloucestershire, England. It dates from no later than the 11th or 12th century and, since 1958, has been designated a Grade I listed building. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Gloucester, the archdeaconry of Cheltenham and the deanery of Cirencester.

Duntisbourne Rouse is one of a few settlements in the vicinity named after Dunt, a Saxon chief. Following the Norman conquest, the land was owned by a knight named Le Rous. The church dates from no later than the late 11th or early 12th century, although the nave is now thought to have been built in Saxon times. The chancel is from the 12th century and a tower was added in the 16th century. The church underwent restoration in the 1930s, by Sidney Gambier-Parry. It was designated a Grade I listed building on 26 November 1958. The Grade I listing is for buildings "exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important".

The church is constructed of rubble limestone with herringbone stonework on the north and east walls, and stone-slate roofs. There are doorways to the north (now blocked) and south. The south door has a triangular head and is covered by a porch which has a chamfered segmental arch. The south wall of the nave contains two lancet windows and a two-light Perpendicular window with a square head, added in the 15th century. There are no windows in the north wall.