Church Of St Michael And All Angels

The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade I listed building located in Lilleshall, constructed from sandstone ashlar with a tiled roof. The church features a late Norman nave, characterized by a south doorway that has two orders of shafts with shaft rings, arches adorned with zigzag patterns, and keeled roll moulding. There is another Norman south doorway, likely re-set, which also displays zigzag moulding in a two-centred arch, along with shaft capitals featuring waterleaf designs. The south nave windows are three-light and decorated with 19th-century tracery.

A late 19th-century gabled south porch is timber-framed and made of ashlar. The early English chancel was lengthened in the early 14th century and includes a restored five-light east window with reticulated tracery. The south wall of the chancel has a lancet window and a round-arched doorway, while the north chancel window is straight-headed with three ogee-arched lights. The early 14th-century long north aisle features Decorated style three-light east and two-light west windows, along with 19th-century north windows and three buttresses with set-offs.

The west tower is short and built in the Perpendicular style, featuring angle buttresses, moulded battlements, crocketed pinnacles, and a quatrefoil frieze. The tower has two-light bell-openings, although the mullion and tracery have been removed except on the east side. There is also a three-light Perpendicular vest window in the tower.

Inside, the church has a five-bay north arcade with chamfered pointed arches supported by short octagonal piers with octagonal capitals and bases. The roofs of the nave and chancel are adorned with arched braces, collars, tie-beams with brackets beneath, and small cusped wind-braces. A two-centred arch connects the chancel to the north aisle. The Norman cylindrical font features dreaded sides with simple decoration and a 19th-century base. Notable interior features include a monument in the chancel to Richard Leveson from 1661 and his wife from 1674, which depicts two reclining figures flanked by columns and a pediment with a putto. The Royal Arms of Charles II are also present, and the stained glass in the chancel's east window was created by Evans.

Gravestones have been relocated, with most now positioned against the churchyard boundary wall, featuring a mix of 18th-century and predominantly 19th-century headstones.