Church Of St Michael

The Church of St Michael is a parish church dating to the mid-14th century, with extensions from the early 16th century (dedicated in 1515), partial rebuilding in the 17th century, and a late 19th-century restoration. It is constructed of coursed rubble with ashlar dressings, covered by a machine-tile roof. The church comprises a chancel and a nave with a bell turret.

The north wall of the nave, dating to the 14th century, has three bays with two windows of two cinquefoiled lights within two-centred heads. The bay to the right (west) features an early 18th-century doorway with a bolection moulded architrave and an oval window above, accented by four key blocks. The south wall of the nave has two windows; one to the east has two cinquefoiled lights under a two-centred head, and one to the west has two ogee cinquefoiled lights with a square head. The C14 south door at the west end has chamfered jambs and a two-centred head. The bell turret is square and largely rendered over timber, topped with a lead-covered ogee capping. Balustered vents surround the belfry.

The chancel is from the 14th century and was extended in the early 16th century. The north wall has a blocked 16th-century four-centred arch, formerly leading to a north chapel, with a blocked 16th-century door to its west. The south wall has two restored 14th-century windows, each with three ogee cinquefoiled lights under a square head. The east window is of four trefoiled lights within a segmental pointed head.

The interior features a tall chancel arch with a two-centred arch of two chamfered orders continuously moulded. A piscina in the south wall of the chancel has a two-centred head. The chancel roof, 16th century, is of three bays with arch-braced collar beams, trusses with V-struts, and moulded wall plates. The bay above the altar is boarded and painted with clouds, with painted cherub heads at the wall-plate on one truss. The nave has a similar roof with cherub heads on one truss. Fittings include a west gallery with a bolection moulded panelled front, a font with an octagonal bowl on a re-used base, and pews featuring 18th-century raised and fielded panelling. Late 15th-century Malvern tiles are used in the chancel steps and nave floor, along with a few 14th-century examples. A 17th-century reredos of panelling with a fluted frieze is also present. A Croft monument, formerly from the north chapel, commemorates Sir Richard Croft (died 1509) and his wife; it is an elaborate altar tomb with recumbent effigies and a canopy carved with saints and figures.