Church Of St Michael

The Church of St Michael is a parish church dating back to the 12th century, with substantial restoration work carried out in 1878 by B Martin Buckle of Malvern, who added a bell turret, a south porch, and a north vestry. The church consists of a nave, a south porch, a chancel, and a north vestry. It is constructed from coursed and squared sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings, and has a tiled roof. The bell turret and porch are timber-framed.

The nave has three bays. A square plan west bell tower features a spire, a semicircular-headed window (blocked internally) to the left, and a 15th-century window with three cinquefoil-headed lights to the right of the gabled porch. The porch has an inner square-headed doorway with a semicircular relieving arch, a blank tympanum, and two semicircular-headed windows in the north wall featuring massive squared masonry. The chancel has two bays, with a traceried 15th-century window of two cinquefoil-headed lights on the left, and a window of two trefoil-headed lights on the right. An east window with three cinquefoil-headed lights is also present, and a semicircular-headed window remains in the north wall.

The interior features a late 15th-century panelled roof. The chancel has a trussed rafter roof, ceiled to the west and boarded and panelled to the east, with moulded ribs and decorative bosses. A font, dating from around 1140, is made of red sandstone with a chalice-shaped bowl supported by a base formed by three crouching figures. The bowl is decorated with three stranded plaiting along the rim and irregular interlace to the stem, and features carved representations of the Baptism of Christ, the four symbols of the evangelists, the hand of God, and two doves. This font is considered an outstanding work of the Herefordshire school of sculpture, incorporating local influences alongside French and Italian elements. An early 18th-century pulpit stands in the nave, with a three-sided design, a moulded cornice, and bolection-moulded panels.

A memorial to the Unett family is present in the chancel: a tomb chest dating from circa 1630-40, constructed from sandstone, featuring alabaster effigies of a male and female in civil costume, draped sides with weepers believed to represent children. Also in the chancel is a wall tablet memorial to Francis Unett, dating from 1656, made of stone and slate, with a broken pediment displaying a coat of arms supported by twisted columns.