Church Of St Michael

The Church of St Michael is a former parish church, primarily dating from the 12th century, with restorations carried out around 1865 and 1909. It is constructed from sandstone rubble, featuring a nave roof covered with plain tiles and a stone cross on the eastern verge, while the chancel roof is made of stone slate. A 17th-century timber bell-turret with lead sides and a slate roof is present. The church has a two-bay nave, a west bell-turret, and a two-bay chancel, along with an early 20th-century west porch.

The chancel includes single-light 12th-century windows, with two on the south side altered into trefoiled ogees during the 14th century. The nave features a blocked 2-centred arch, possibly from the 13th century, which may have been intended for access to a planned west tower. The north-east window has ogee-headed wooden 'Y' tracery, likely from the 18th century, while the north-west window contains two trefoil-headed lights from around 1300, with a blocked 12th-century single-light window positioned higher between them. The two south windows each have two trefoiled lights.

Inside, the church has a plastered barrel roof. The chancel arch is round-headed, also plastered over, and features 18th-century imposts and a keystone. There are two fonts: one from the 12th century with a round bowl, cylindrical stem, and four carved lions emphasizing their fur at the base; the other, located on the south-east nave window sill, is a small urn-shaped font from around 1645 with a gadrooned rim, supported by a 15th-century angel holding a book.

At the west end of the south wall of the nave, there is a notable monument to Elizabeth Cotton, who died in 1645. This monument features a broken pediment supported by barley-sugar columns, with an inscription under a segmental arch flanked by two semi-reclining female figures, and a cadaver beneath. A corbel head, possibly from the 14th century, has been re-set high on the west wall of the nave above the 12th-century font. The parishes of Sutton St Michael and Sutton St Nicholas were united in 1876.