Church Of St And Michael And All Angels

The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a parish church with significant development spanning from around 1175 through the 14th, 15th, 16th centuries, and the late 18th century. It is constructed of coursed ironstone and limestone rubble, with ashlar detailing, some red brick, and pantile roofs with a stone coped east gable. The west front features rough quoins and a large round-headed doorway with quoined jambs, a large fanlight with leaded lights, and a plank door with ornate hinges. Above the doorway is a shaped gable surmounted by a gabled bell turret with a round-headed bell opening. The north wall of the nave, dating to the 18th century, is largely plain, showing the outline of one and a half large round-headed 12th-century arcade bays, with red brick eaves. The lower chancel also has red brick eaves. The east front is gabled with quoins and a 16th-century window featuring a central broad light with an ornate curved, cusped head, flanked by narrower lights with cusped and pointed heads, ornate mouchettes, and chamfered mullions. The south side of the chancel has quoins and a large late 15th-century window with three pointed lights. Dentillated eaves run the full length of the chancel and nave. To the east is a plain, tall three-light window with chamfered mullions, and to the west, a tall two-light window, each light with a cusped ogee head divided by mouchettes. The interior north wall is cut away to reveal part of a 12th-century arcade, which includes a round pier with a crocket capital, some paint remaining on the capital, a scored abacus, a half-chamfered round arch to the west and a full chamfered round arch to the east, and a plain hood mould. A section of the north chancel wall is cut away to expose part of a 14th-century archway to a lost north chapel. This features polygonal responds, heavily moulded capitals, a partially visible inner chamfered order, and a full pointed, chamfered outer order. A large grey and white marble wall monument is dedicated to Mrs. Jane Tyrwhytt (1603-56) and details births and deaths of her relatives. This includes a diamond-shaped white marble plaque with a grey outer band, a bust of a lady with flowing hair, a veil, and a lace collar, flanking shields, a plaque, and a shield below. A rectangular cupboard with hinges is located below the monument. A white and grey monument to Samuel Turner, who died in 1817, is situated to the west. A 12th-century slab with interlace decoration is also present. A small, round, white, grey streaked marble font with the inscription "E Donis F. Howfoni Vic/i A:D: 1755" rests on a tall, painted octagonal 19th-century base. The interior includes 20th-century panelled wainscotting in the nave, pews, a pulpit, an altar rail, and a lecturn.