Church Of St Michael

The Church of St Michael is a parish church dating to the 12th century, with significant rebuilding in the 13th century and further alterations in 1824 and the mid-19th century. The church is constructed of random coursed and coursed squared sandstone, with plain tile roofs and stone coped gables, featuring plain kneelers. It comprises a west tower, nave, south porch, north transept, chancel, and north vestry.

The west tower, built in 1824, is partly engaged by the nave, with angle quoins, a stringcourse at half height and above the bell openings, a moulded cornice, and a battlemented parapet, topped with four obelisk pinnacles. A single chamfered lancet window is located to the west, and single chamfered lancet bell openings are present in each direction. A timber-framed south porch, set over a sandstone base, was added in the early 20th century. To the left of the porch is a high-set trefoil window. Two pairs of plain chamfered 19th-century lancet windows are situated to the right. The south side of the chancel features a priests' doorway, with a four-centred arched lintel and plank door, flanked by small chamfered lancets. An east window, possibly from the 17th century, has a chamfered surround and two plain arched lights. A mid-18th century tombstone is set into the wall below. A similar small lancet window is on the north side of the chancel. The lean-to north vestry has a plain, domestic two-light chamfered mullion window, and 18th century tombstones are set into the east wall. The north transept projects significantly; to the east is a window with Y-tracery, and to the north a blocked doorway with a four-centred arched lintel. Further windows with Y-tracery are located to the west. On the north side of the nave is a single broad lancet window set high up. The south doorway is of 12th-century origin, featuring nook shafts and a round arch of three moulded orders, with an almost totally defaced incised tympanum. An incised medieval coffin lid is set into the west wall of the porch.

The interior north chapel contains a blind lancet and two 18th-century wall tablets. The sanctuary has an early 19th-century panelled dado with painted texts. The chancel south has a much defaced medieval tomb slab. Features include plastered ceilings and walls, a moulded cornice to the nave, an 18th-century baluster front with rich acanthus ornament, a Georgian pulpit and tester, a lozenge hatchment on the nave west wall, and two painted benefaction boards in the north transept.