Church Of St Michael On The Mount

The Church of St Michael on the Mount was built in 1855-56 by SS Teulon. It is constructed of dressed stone and ashlar, with slate roofs, and is designed in the Geometrical style.

The church comprises a nave with a north aisle, a vestry, a chancel with a bell turret, a south transept, and a south porch. The exterior features a chamfered plinth and eaves, coped gables, and buttresses (except on the north side). It has pointed arched windows throughout. The nave has four 2-light windows on the south side, and a traceried 5-light window with a hoodmould at the west end. The north aisle has three 2-light windows. The vestry, to the north, has three round windows flanked by segmental pointed doorways, and a gabled stack at the corner. The chancel has a triple gabled polygonal apse with beast stops and spouts, three 2-light windows, and an octagonal buttressed bell turret with a spire and finial above. The south transept includes a traceried 4-light window with a roll moulded reveal and hoodmould, single lancets on each side, a segmental pointed door, and a side wall stack. The south porch has a double filleted roll moulded doorway with double shafts and a hoodmould, an unglazed trefoil above, and double lancets on each side, with stone seats inside and an arch braced common rafter roof.

The interior of the nave is rendered with an arch braced crown post roof. A six-bay arcade leads to the raised north aisle, which contains small lancets in the two eastern arches. A stairwell to the east contains an elaborate organ case and a dogleg stair to the vestry. The west window contains stained glass from 1928. The chancel has a filleted roll moulded arch with imposts, a panelled dado and reredos, a sill band, and a complex multi-gabled roof with arched principal rafters. Three 19th-century stained glass windows are also present.

The south transept has a two-bay arcade with a quatrefoil central pier, double chamfered arches, and a 20th-century Perpendicular style screen. The roof is similar to that of the nave. A 19th-century stained glass east window and a Perpendicular style reredos (moved from St Paul in the Bail in 1909) are also present. Fittings include an octagonal oak pulpit, an octagonal panelled font, and panelled benches, all dating to the 19th century. Memorials include a marble and ashlar inscribed tablet from 1837-38 by Durance, dedicated to William and Elizabeth Wilkinson, with kneeling and standing supporters in Bluecoat School uniform; a medieval-style brass in a frame from 1856; and a round-headed brass war memorial from 1919.