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St Michael's was built in 1328 both as a Parish and a Collegiate Church. The design was unusual for the time, with the nave (where the congregation sits) considerably smaller than the choir. This innovative plan was subsequently to be adopted by most Cambridge and Oxford College Chapels.

St Michael's Church has a colourful history. In the sixteenth century its worshippers numbered the canonised Bishop of Rochester, St John Fisher. During the Edwardian Reformation it was the Parish Church of Paul Fagius, a German Protestant divine, whose mortal remains were exhumed from the Church during the reign of Mary Tudor and posthumously burnt in the marketplace for heresy alongside those of another German Protestant scholar, Martin Bucer. In the seventeenth century a Royalist Mayor of Cambridge, another worshipper, bequeathed a portrait of King Charles I to the Church shortly after the execution of the king.

In the second half of the last century, the Church was used as a Parish Hall for Great St Mary's with which it remains closely linked. In the early 1990s, it was felt that the Church should serve the wider community as a valuable resource in the heart of Cambridge, and funds were raised for a thorough refurbishment of the Church.

The broad strategy was simple

• · To restore a magnificent medieval Church
• · To provide well-appointed, versatile rooms and facilities for meetings and activities
• · To offer the refurbished building to the community of Cambridge

Address:

Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB2 1SU   [view map]

Venue Location:

• City Centre

Facilities & Services

Catering Facilities:

• In-House (Events)

General Facilities:

• Cafe/Restaurant on site