Church Of St Michael

The Church of St Michael is a Grade I listed building located on Sutton Nene Way. It has its origins in the 12th century and was a chapelry to Castor until 1851, confirmed to Peterborough Abbey by Richard I and Henry III. The church is constructed from coursed stone rubble and arches, featuring a Collyweston stone roof for the chancel and a lead roof for the nave. The nave was likely rebuilt in the early 15th century but retains an early 12th-century chancel arch. The nave walls were raised in the late 15th century, incorporating a Perpendicular clerestory.

Notable architectural features include an early 15th-century double chamfered north doorway and three late 15th-century north windows with four-centred arch heads. The west side has an early 13th-century lancet window that slightly projects, topped with a gabled bellcote featuring an arched opening. The chancel was rebuilt or enlarged in the late 12th century and largely reconstructed in 1867-8, which included a 19th-century east window with plate tracery. The north wall of the chancel has a small ogee-headed light from the 14th century and a square-headed window from the 15th century.

The late 12th-century south aisle consists of two bays, featuring a square-headed window with two ogee-headed lights and a south doorway adorned with zigzag and pellet ornamentation on the lintel, supported by shoulder corbels. The south chapel, dating from the 13th century and largely rebuilt in 1867-8, contains a small reset lancet in the east wall and two coupled lancets in the south wall, with a 13th-century string course decorated with dog tooth ornamentation on the east wall.

Inside, the church features a Norman chancel arch with capitals displaying beaded interlace, and the arch itself has flat rolls. There is a two-bay south arcade from around 1200 with double chamfered round arches, a circular pier, a moulded capital, and a square abacus with recessed angles. The early 12th-century south chapel has a pointed double chamfered arch and semi-octagonal responds. The church also contains 19th-century furnishings and possibly a 14th-century font with a panelled octagonal bowl, supported by an octagonal central shaft surrounded by eight smaller shafts. A recumbent lion sculpture, likely Norman and possibly from a portal, is also present.