Church Of St Michael

The Church of St Michael is a parish church located in Brampton Abbotts. It dates back to the 12th century, with alterations made in the 14th and 16th centuries. The west wall was repaired in 1686, and the church underwent restoration in 1848, 1857, and during the early 20th century, when the bell turret was largely rebuilt, a north vestry was added, and the south porch was rebuilt. The church is constructed of sandstone rubble and features a stone slate roof from the 20th century, with a tiled pyramidal roof on the bell turret that has shingle cladding.

The church comprises a nave with a bell turret and south porch, a chancel, and a north vestry. The nave has raised verges, a 19th-century trefoil-headed light to the left, and a largely restored 14th-century square-headed window with three trefoil-headed lights to the right of a partly timber-framed gabled porch that retains some 14th-century timber. There is a 12th-century inner semi-circular headed doorway with a plain tympanum and attached shafts to the jambs featuring mutilated scalloped capitals. The bell turret, which has a square plan, occupies the western bay of the nave and is topped with a pyramidal roof.

The chancel also has raised verges and features a largely restored 13th-century trefoil-headed light and a 19th-century square-headed window with four trefoil-headed lights to the right, along with a largely restored 12th-century semi-circular headed light at the east end. Inside, the church has a three-bay nave that possibly retains a 14th-century open arch-braced collar roof. The late 15th or early 16th-century chancel arch consists of two chamfered orders, with re-set and widened 12th-century responds and attached shafts with scalloped capitals on the outer western order.

Notable fittings include a 15th-century octagonal font with quatrefoil panels and a trumpet-shaped stem adorned with faces. There are also monuments, including a brass commemorating John Rudhall, who died in 1507, along with his wife, though only the figure of the wife remains.