Bristol may have lost one of its oldest and most historically important churches as St Michael on the Mount Without adds itself to the long line of listed buildings assailed by fire.
The Bristol post writes:
It has survived the Reformation and the Blitz – but the future of one of Bristol’s oldest and most historically important churches is in peril after it was wrecked by a fire.
Sections of the roof at St Michael On The Mount Without, on St Michael’s Hill, have collapsed and internally the Grade II listed building has been devastated by Sunday’s blaze.
Police and fire service investigators are now examining evidence as to the cause of the fire at the Grade II-listed medieval church, which held its last service in 1998.
They were expected to make known their preliminary findings this morning.
