Church Of St Michael And All Angels

The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a parish church. The west tower dates to the mid-13th century and was restored in 1899. The chancel is of about 1300 but has been extensively altered; the nave and chancel arch were rebuilt, and a south porch and north vestry were added in 1868 by G C Hadley. The church is constructed of sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings, and has 20th-century tiled roofs.

The west tower is of three stages, set on a splayed plinth with a moulded capping, pyramidal roof, and a string course at the upper stage. A staircase extension is present to the south-west. A three-light window illuminates the vestry, featuring detached shafts to the jambs and mullions, with moulded capitals and bases. Similar two-light windows are present on the east and north sides. A small light, possibly originally trefoiled, sits alongside a larger two-light window with a pierced two-centred head and chamfered label. A two-centred arched doorway with a continuous chamfer to the outer order and a moulded stop is on the ground floor to the south. The capping of the plinth extends over the doorway as a label. Loop vents are visible in the stair extension to the left of the doorway. There are no openings to the west side of the tower.

The 19th-century nave has a single lancet window to the left and two two-light windows with a quatrefoil roundel above to the right of the doorway. A gabled, timber-framed porch is present to the south, with a two-centred arched head to the doorway and a moulded outer order. The chancel features 13th-century lancet windows flanking a restored early 14th-century central window with a two-centred arched head and two trefoil-headed lights with a quatrefoil above. An 1868 east window with three lights, a central roundel, a cinquefoil, and a decorative projecting gable completes the composition.

Inside, the tower and chancel arches are 19th century. A repaired and considerably restored trussed rafter roof covers the nave and chancel. A monument is located in the north wall of the chancel; it comprises an early 14th-century recess with a moulded segmental pointed arch, attached shafts to the jambs, and decorative cusping. A reclining effigy of a female figure in contemporary 14th-century dress, with a draped head-dress and wimple, and clasping an object (possibly a heart), is present. Her feet rest on a crouching lion. It is reputed she is Lady Clarissa, daughter of John Tregor, Lord of Ewias, and died in 1290. Fragments of a 17th-century pulpit, including two carved side panels featuring an interlacing folial motif, and a 19th-century base are present, while fragments of 18th-century dado panelling with decorative detail are found in the chancel.