Church Of St Michael

The Church of St Michael is a parish church dating back to the 12th century, with significant rebuilding in 1865 by William Knight of Nottingham. It is constructed of red brick with some yellow brick and ashlar dressings, featuring concrete pantile and plain tile roofs, with a single ridge cross surmounting the turret. The church consists of a nave with a west turret, a north porch, a south vestry, and a chancel.

Architecturally, the church is buttressed and set on a chamfered plinth. The gabled turret has an arch containing a bell. The west window is arched and contains four arched and cusped lights with plate tracery, flanked by slim columns with dogtooth hood moulds, and two round tie plates above. A single oval recessed blind panel with a dogtooth hood mould sits above the window. The gabled, half-timbered porch has a decorative iron ridge cross and open wooden traceried panels. The inner doorway has a 12th-century arched tympanum depicting St. Michael, two dragons, the Agnus Dei, and other figures and beasts. To the left of the porch are three arched windows, each with two arched lights, plate tracery, and dogtooth hood moulds. The north chancel wall has a single arched and cusped light with plate tracery and a dogtooth hood mould. The canted east end features similar windows on each wall, as does the south chancel wall. The east wall of the vestry has a pointed arched doorway with a plank door and a dogtooth hood mould, while the south vestry wall has a single arched light with a dogtooth hood mould. The south nave features four windows, each with two arched lights, plate tracery, and dogtooth hood moulds.

The interior includes a double chamfered chancel arch with polychromatic brickwork and a dogtooth hood mould, the inner chamfer supported on acanthus decorated capitals and single corbels carved with human heads. All windows are flanked by slim columns and have dogtooth hood moulds, as do the doorways. A 12th-century font, decorated with zigzag, sits on a 19th-century plinth. The remaining furniture is from the 19th century. A monument dating from approximately 1403 is dedicated to Sir Robert Goushill and his wife Elizabeth Fitzalan, featuring shields within quatrefoil panels, a knight in armour, and a lady, both lying in effigy. A portion of a 14th-century coffin lid decorated with a stylised cross is set into the north wall.