Church Of St Michael

The Church of St Michael is a building dating back to the 11th century, with significant alterations made in the 14th and 15th centuries. It is constructed of ragstone rubble with flint, septaria, and Reigate dressings, and has red plain tile roofs.

The 11th-century nave features two 14th-century windows in the north wall, each with cinquefoiled ogee lights, and a blocked 11th-century round-headed window. The 14th-century north doorway has moulded jambs and a two-centred arch. A late 15th-century rood loft staircase is present, with a lower doorway featuring a two-centred head and an upper doorway with a four-centred head. The 14th-century south arcade consists of four bays, partially rebuilt around 1500. The arches are two-centred, and the octagonal columns have moulded bases and capitals. The 14th-century south aisle includes three late 15th-century windows, each with three cinquefoiled lights in a square head. A late 15th-century south doorway has moulded jambs and a two-centred arch. The west wall has a late 15th-century window. The 14th-century chancel incorporates a 15th-century east window of three cinquefoiled lights in a two-centred head. The north wall has a re-set 13th-century lancet and a late 15th-century window. The south wall contains a 19th-century window and an early 14th-century arcade with two-centred arches of two hollow chamfered orders. The early 14th-century chancel arch is two-centred and of two chamfered orders. The 14th-century south chapel has a 19th-century east window and a 19th-century south doorway. A south window is early 14th century, of two lights in a two-centred head. The west wall has a 14th-century two-centred arch of two hollow orders. The late 15th-century west tower has three stages with an embattled parapet and a stair turret. The tower arch is two-centred, with attached shafts, moulded capitals, and bases. The west window has three pointed lights with plain tracery, and the west doorway has moulded jambs and a two-centred arch. The second stage has windows with four-centred lights. The bell chamber has pointed and transomed lights in four-centred heads. A late 15th-century south porch is timber framed, with a four-centred arch and foliated spandrels, along with carved and cusped bargeboards. The roof structure includes a crown post roof with moulded wall plates. The nave roof is of seven-cant design, with crown posts, as are the chancel and south chapel. North and south doors date from the 15th century or earlier. A monument to Thomas de Crawedene, dating to circa 1340, is also present. A 13th-century font and an 18th-century pulpit and benches are located in the south aisle. The church occupies a prominent site overlooking Thames marshes.