Church Of St Michael

The Church of St Michael is a former parish church, with the chancel still in use for services, while the nave stands as a ruin. The origins of the church date to the 12th century, with alterations and extensions in the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries. Repairs to the chancel and south chapel occurred in 1908. The church is constructed of coursed rubble, and the chancel and south chapel have a plain tiled roof, although brick repairs are visible higher up the chancel.

The church consists of a west tower, a nave and south aisle, a chancel, and a south chapel. The nave, tower (both 12th century), and south aisle (circa 1260) now have walls approximately 4 feet high, topped with a thick layer of concrete. Stumps of 14th-century buttresses and 19th-century flying buttresses are visible externally along the north wall. A reset 12th-century south doorway is incorporated into the south aisle wall, but is eroded due to poor pointing. It features a semi-circular arch with two orders, a plain tympanum with a segmental intrados, and a chevron border. Within the doorway is a trefoil-headed piscina. The 12th-century north door is now set within the blocking of the chancel arch and is also eroded, displaying a single order of colonnettes, eroded capitals, and a zig-zag enriched arch. Fragments of the late 13th-century south arcade respond are present.

The chancel, of two bays, dates back to the 12th century and was extended eastward in the early 13th century. The north wall contains a narrow 12th-century round-headed window with a deep embrasure and stepped sill, and a pair of early 13th-century lancet windows with stepped sills and internal hoodmoulds bearing carved head stops. The three-light east window has late 13th-century jambs and an early 19th-century wooden frame, which was restored in 1970. A single light south window is located in a brick surround and has leaded Gothic glazing; it likely originated as the northeast window.

The south chapel, dating to circa 1260, has a Y-tracery south window (restored) and a round-headed west window. A 19th-century panelled door is set within a round-headed surround.

The chancel interior features a restored roof of five bays with arch-braced collar beams, ashlar posts, and cusped wind-bracing, thought to be late 14th century, but possibly incorporating late 15th or 16th-century elements. Plain aumbries are present in the north and south walls. A low 13th-century archway leads to the south chapel, with the east respond exhibiting a dog tooth impost moulding and a small engaged shaft. Partial remains of clerestory windows are also visible.

Monumental inscriptions include a baroque tablet commemorating Chapman (1690), a marble plaque to John Basier (1683), and a Walsh monument dedicated to Elizabeth (died 1645) and Ann (died 1679). This latter monument consists of a marble plaque framed by three Ionic columns on brackets, surmounted by a segmental pediment with armorial bearings. Several other plain late 18th- to early 19th-century tablets are found in the south chapel.