Church Of St Michael

The Church of St Michael is a Grade I listed parish church located on Stragglethorpe Lane in Brant Broughton and Stragglethorpe. The church dates from the 11th century, with elements from the late 12th century, 15th century, and 18th century, and it was restored around 1980. The building features a nave and chancel under a single roof, along with a north aisle and a south porch. It is constructed of coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and has a plain tile roof. The east end has coped gables with quoins and a moulded plinth.

The west gable wall includes angle buttresses and a large single late 12th-century buttress with a set-off and an ogee-headed niche that covers a blocked doorway. At the top of the gable is a double-arched, gabled bellcote. The north aisle's west wall has a single lancet window, while the north wall features a round-headed, slightly chamfered doorway and a round-headed lancet in the east wall. The chancel has two similar lancets in its east wall. The south wall contains three small irregular lights and a 15th-century two-light cusped window.

The gabled south porch has a coped gable with kneelers and buttresses. Its opening features a moulded chamfered pointed arch with a hood mould and head label stops. The south doorway arch is also pointed and includes a billet frieze. Inside, the church has a late 12th-century two-bay north arcade with round, double-chamfered arches and octagonal piers with moulded capitals. The west wall has a blocked triangular-headed doorway. There is a fragment of an 11th-century pillar piscina in the chancel, and a drum-shaped 11th-century font with blind arcading.

The interior is adorned with fine plain panelled early 18th-century box pews throughout, including a large family pew and a double-decker pulpit. It also retains turned wooden candlesticks and an 18th-century hatchement. A notable monument from 1697 to Richard Earle, created by Green of Camberwell, is made of black and white marble and features two busts in front of pilasters with drapes that reveal a commemorative epitaph, topped with urns and a coat of arms.