Church Of St Michael

The Church of St Michael is a church, largely rebuilt in the 19th century (1833) and restored in 1885. It is constructed of limestone ashlar with a slate roof. The church consists of a chancel, nave, and a west tower.

The short, single-bay chancel has a moulded plinth, clasping buttresses with polygonal pinnacles, a moulded eaves cornice, and a coped parapet with a cross at the apex of its east gable. To the east is a window in the style of the 15th century, with four cusped lights and tracery, a hood mould with carved head labels, and a moulded string course directly below. To the south is a vestry with a square-headed window to the east and a doorway with a four-centred arch to the south, both having hood moulds with labels. A stone lean-to shed with a 20th-century tile roof adjoins the north side. A plank door with two rectangular lights is located on the north side.

The five-bay nave features a moulded plinth, offset buttresses, a moulded eaves cornice, and a coped parapet. Five windows on the north and south sides are in the style of the late 13th century, each with two cusped, pointed lights and Y-tracery in a chamfered surround, along with hood moulds with carved foliage and carved-head labels. A blind window in the 13th century style, with two lights and Y-tracery, is set into the west wall of the nave.

The four-stage west tower has a moulded plinth, a moulded string course to the second and third stages, offset buttresses rising to the fourth stage, a moulded eaves cornice, and a coped parapet. The tall, octagonal spire has ribs down the angles and a moulded finial. A doorway with a chamfered surround and hood mould with carved labels is on the west side, leading to a plank door. Lancet windows with hood moulds and carved head labels are located to the north and south of the tower. A doorway with a hood mould and carved head labels is to the left of the south window. A window in the 15th century style of three cusped lights and tracery is located to the south of the second stage, below a moulded weather-course. Rectangular lights are present to the west, south, and north of the third stage. Four windows in the 13th century style, each of two lights and Y-tracery, are in the bell-chamber stage, along with hood moulds and carved head labels. A tier of lucarnes with two cusped lights tops the tower.

Inside, the church features 19th-century low-pitched roofs, with the nave roof having braces and carved spandrels. Marble wall tablets commemorate Aston Ingram (died 1711) and Hastings Ingram and his wife Ann on the south and north walls of the chancel respectively; the Hastings Ingram tablet, likely late 17th or early 18th century, is surmounted by a crest. Two 19th-century tablets are located in the east wall. A Latin tablet is in the south wall of the nave, commemorating Hastings Ingram, who died in 1665. A tablet to Barbara Ingram (died 1745) is above the west door. A polygonal stone font with carved panels is also present.