Church Of St Michael

The Church of St Michael is a parish church dating to the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 19th centuries. It is constructed of coursed squared sandstone with sandstone dressings, and has Welsh slate roofs with stone coped gables and moulded kneelers. The church comprises a west tower, a nave with a south porch, and a chancel with a north vestry.

The west tower has a moulded plinth and diagonal buttresses with three set-offs. The staircase is lit by three small slits on the south side. It features a rectangular, louvred opening with a chamfered surround, and a blocked four-centred arched doorway. A four-centred arched, three-light window with cusped lancets and a concave surround is located to the west. The lower stage of the tower is blind on its north side. The bell stage is separated by a moulded string course, and two-light bell openings with cusped lights and low, cusped arches are present on all sides. Gargoyles are positioned to the north and south. The tower is topped by battlements and four crocketted pinnacles. The north side of the nave has three heavy buttresses linked by a chamfered string course, and two plain lancets with hoodmoulds. A blocked lancet-shaped doorway is also present. A 20th-century vestry block is not of particular interest. The east wall of the chancel contains a two-light window with Y-tracery and a hoodmould. On the south elevation, two heavy buttresses flank a tomb recess with a chamfered coping and a blocked segmental arch with a hoodmould. A 19th-century two-light window with bar tracery is positioned above, and a two-light window with cusped tracery, alongside a priest's doorway with a moulded arch and hoodmould with 19th-century foliage stops, are situated to the left. The nave displays a taller buttress with two set-offs, a two-light window with Y-tracery, a hoodmould, and headstops. A broad gabled porch with a stone slate roof features a broad entrance with a chamfered depressed pointed arch, impost slabs, and a hoodmould. It contains a pair of 20th-century doors. To the left of the porch is a 19th-century lancet, a buttress with two set-offs, and a window with Y-tracery and a hoodmould on head-stops. A further buttress with two set-offs completes this elevation.

Inside, a 12th-century chancel arch has a double billet frieze on the label and two roll mouldings in the arch. A 12th-century font with figures carved in relief is also present, as is a chamfered tower arch with the inner chamfered order resting on corbels. The church has 19th-century roofs. The 19th-century chancel south window is shafted and panelled internally, forming a sedilia. Mid-Victorian stained glass is found in the east window. A 19th-century reading desk incorporates an earlier carved panel, possibly of European origin. A Jacobean-style pulpit originates from Derby Cathedral, alongside a wooden eagle lectern. A second font, dated 1662, sits under the tower; it features a plain octagonal bowl with a carved underside.