Church Of St Michael And All Angels

The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a parish church located in Moccas Park. It dates from the mid-12th century, with some alterations made in the 14th century, and was restored in 1870 by George Gilbert Scott Junior. The church is built of tufa with some sandstone dressings and features a graduated stone tile roof. It consists of a nave and a chancel with an apse.

The nave has three bays, including a 12th-century semicircular-headed window to the west and a 14th-century window with two trefoiled lights and a quatrefoil in the two-centred head, complete with a label. The central bay features a south door and porch; the timber-framed porch is from the 14th century but was mostly replaced in 1870. The south door has a semicircular arch of two orders, with the inner order plain and the outer decorated with chevron ornament and engaged respond shafts that have carved capitals. The label is from the 19th century, and the tympanum is plain due to wear. The west wall includes a high-set semicircular-headed window, and above it is a bellcote with two openings. The north wall mirrors the south wall, but its doorway is blocked and more weathered. The chancel has a two-trefoiled-light window with a quatrefoil under a centred head on each wall, while the apse features three semicircular-headed windows with chamfered heads and a sill band.

Inside, there is a truss at the west end of the nave with wall posts and arch braces supporting the tie beam. The chancel arch is semicircular and consists of two orders, both adorned with chevron ornament. The responds have two plain orders with moulded imposts featuring diaper enrichment. The apse arch is also semicircular and of two orders, with the inner order plain and the outer with chevron ornament, and the responds have chamfered imposts. The roof has a boarded ceiling with ribs and bosses from 1870. Notable fittings include a 17th-century altar rail with turned balusters, an altar tomb in the chancel bearing a 14th-century recumbent stone effigy of a knight, and a font with a 12th-century round bowl on a 19th-century stem. The 14th-century windows retain their original glass in the heads, all featuring elaborate canopies. Additionally, there is an organ at the west end, painted in the 1870s by Thomas Kemper.