Church Of St Michael

The Church of St Michael is a parish church that dates back to the 13th century, with parts rebuilt in 1834 and further restorations and extensions occurring in 1884, 1904-1905, and 1908. The church is constructed of coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and features a slate roof. The west tower, which dates from the 13th century and was raised in the 16th century, has three stages. The belfry is made of close-studded timber framing, likely from the 16th century, and has louvred openings with two lights on each side. The first stage of the tower includes a small semi-circular headed window on both the north and south walls, while the ground stage features a 19th-century window with a two-centred head that cuts through a smaller semi-circular headed window. There is also a blocked door with a semi-elliptical head in the north wall.

The nave consists of three bays, with two windows in the north wall, each containing two trefoiled lights under a two-centred head with a label. The north porch, added in 1908, is timber-framed on a stone plinth with rendered infill. The chancel, which has one bay, features a window with two trefoiled lights and a quatrefoil in the head under a two-centred arch with a label. The east window contains three trefoiled lights with tracery in the head under a two-centred arch. The gable of the north vestry was also added in 1908.

Inside, the tower arch is two-centred and has one chamfered order with a moulded label. The chancel arch is semi-elliptical and plastered, while the ceilings are plastered segmental vaults. Notable fittings include a 19th-century pulpit with three panelled sides, featuring pierced ogee cinquefoiled heads, and a lectern made of wrought iron and brass in the Arts and Crafts style. The font, dating from the 13th century, has a quatrefoil bowl on a 19th-century quatrefoil stem and moulded base. There are also wall tablets commemorating John Rose Hall, who died in 1858, on the north wall of the chancel, topped with an urn and signed "T Gaffyn", and Edward Pritchett, who died in 1834, on the south wall.