Church Of St Michael

The Church of St. Michael, located on Church Street in Appleby Magna, is a Grade II* listed building primarily constructed in the 14th century. The church features a nave with five bays, flanked by identical north and south aisles, a north chancel chapel, and a chancel. Its tower is adorned with angle buttresses that have set-offs, bell-openings, battlements, and a recessed spire. The chancel has a slate roof, while the rest of the church is covered with lead. The windows are designed with reticulated tracery, although the west door surround has been rebuilt.

Inside, the church has plaster vaults and stuccoed walls, which were added in 1827. There is a west gallery from 1837 with an oak front that resembles contemporary designs, along with a complete set of box pews and a stone font. The north and south aisle windows contain fragments of 14th-century stained glass, with the north aisle holding seven pieces and the south aisle featuring medallions that replicate these. In the chancel, there is a double alabaster recumbent tomb from the 14th century, along with wall monuments dating from the 17th to the 19th centuries. The east window has stained glass signed by Lavers, Barraud and Westlake, dated 1879, and the pulpit is dated 1877. Additionally, there is a fine set of 19th-century wall bracket lamps that originally used Colza oil.