Church Of St Michael

The Church of St. Michael is a Grade II* listed building located on St. Michaels Lane in Longstanton. It was mostly built in the early 13th century, with the chancel being rebuilt in 1884. The structure features fieldstones with Barnack limestone dressings, along with reed thatch and tiled roofs. The original end parapets of the nave are complemented by a gabled double bellcote at the west gable end. The church includes a nave with north and south aisles, a south porch, and a chancel.

The west gable is supported by two four-stage buttresses and has a restored 14th-century west window. The south porch was likely rebuilt in the 19th century, incorporating some older materials, including clunch, which is visible in a niche above the outer archway. The inner arch is a 13th-century, two-centred double chamfered arch, supported on shafts. The chancel features three 19th-century lancet windows on the south wall, likely replacing earlier ones. The north doorway consists of two chamfered orders, with the outer order resting on attached shafts with moulded capitals and bases. The north wall of the nave shows dressed ashlar that indicates earlier openings.

Inside, the early 13th-century nave arcade has four bays with two-centred arches of two chamfered orders, supported by alternating round and octagonal columns with round or octagonal capitals and holdwater bases. The chancel arch is similar, with half-octagonal responds. There is a double piscina in the chancel made of clunch, which has been partly restored and features intersecting work in a square head. The church is currently cared for by The Churches Conservation Trust.