Church Of St Michael And All Angels

The Church of St Michael and All Angels, built between 1878 and 1879 by Edmund Kirby, is a notable example of 19th-century architecture. Constructed from fiery orange brick and terracotta, it features a Welsh slate roof with a pierced orange tile ridge. The church has a four-bay nave, short transepts, a one-bay chancel, a south porch, and a spire at the crossing, all designed in a slightly Roguish Gothic style.

The exterior includes a plinth with a dentilated cornice, and the bays of the nave are alternately divided by buttresses and triangular-headed pilasters. The gabled porch at the left end has projecting coping blocks, brick bands, and a multi-rebated and moulded two-centred arched doorway topped with a nailhead-decorated band. The other bays feature pairs of lancets with gauged heads and nailhead bands, while the crossing has a triple lancet and the chancel has a trio of lancets. The east end is supported by angle buttresses and features a giant moulded arch with a band of trefoil-headed blind arcading below a rose window, which contains six trefoils and a central sexfoil. All detailing is crafted in moulded and decorated terracotta. The west end also has a triple lancet. The spire is a large fleche with wooden louvred cinquefoil-headed bell openings on each face, along with lucarnes, a lead finial, and a weathercock.

Inside, entry is directly into the nave, which showcases brick and terracotta throughout. The interior features an ornate cornice and a wagon roof, with multi-rebated reveals to the windows. There is a simple chancel arch and a narrower arch leading to the raised sanctuary. The reredos displays a boldly moulded scene of the Last Supper set in gothic blind arcading, all in terracotta, gifted by Sir C. and Lady Greenall. The chancel also includes a three-seat sedilia, each with a lancet above.