Church Of St Michael

The Church of St Michael is a parish church, likely dating to the 16th century, although largely rebuilt in 1890-1 by H Curzon. It is constructed of sandstone rubble with limestone dressings, featuring a timber-framed porch. The church has tiled and shingled roofs. The west tower may be of 16th-century origin, retaining a late 19th-century roof and bell stage. Its lower portion has a single, high-set loop window on each side, with clock faces on the west and south. A memorial tablet commemorates four parish men who died in the Great War. The west window contains a pair of chamfered lancet windows from the late 19th century. The tower’s roof is hipped to the bell chamber, with shingled sides, louvred bell openings, and a shingled spire.

The north elevation of the nave has three windows: a pair of trefoil-headed lights flank the central window, which also has a trefoil-headed light. A weathered buttress stands to the right of the central window, incorporating a stack rising to a tiled gablet with an octagonal stone shaft. The roof has cresting. The chancel has paired two-light, trefoil-headed windows with trefoiled tracery on both north and south sides, and a three-light east window with trefoil-headed outer lights. The chancel arch is two-centred with a plain label.

The south elevation of the nave features a pair of trefoil-headed lights to the right and two single trefoil-headed lights, one central and one to the left. A weathered buttress at the extreme right has dressed quoins and a gable with a recessed trefoil. The south porch is timber-framed on a stone plinth, with a scalloped bargeboard, oged angle struts, and a shingled front gable with a cross. The porch interior has single-framed tiling and returns with two rows of partly open panels. The doorway has a moulded two-centred head with a label.

Inside, the nave has a wagon roof with a cambered and chamfered tie-beam, possibly dating to the 17th century. The chancel roof has trussed rafters with curly V-struts. A trefoil-headed piscina is located in the chancel, along with a square-headed aumbry and a stone tablet commemorating John Downes, who died in 1687. A likely 17th-century communion table stands within a later table. A late 19th-century harmonium by Bell Piano & Organ Co Limited is also present. The nave has heavily constructed 18th-century oak pews with moulded backs and ends, along with plank posts and rails creating a timber-framed effect. A 13th-century font has an octagonal bowl and stem. A brass ewer from around 1900, shaped like a tapered cylinder with a hinged lid and spout, is also present.