Church Of St Michael And All Angels

The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a parish church dating to 1808, with extensions built in 1826-7 and further additions in the 20th century. It was constructed on the foundations of a Norman church and incorporates elements of the Perpendicular style. In 1888, a chancel, vestry and south chapel were added by WH Crossland, with a further extension serving as a parish room added to the north, linked to the vestry with a low addition.

The church is built of multi-coloured stock brick with a tiled, gabled roof, and a hipped roof over the south aisle. The plan comprises a four-bay nave, north and south aisles, a west tower with a porch underneath, a two-bay chancel with a north vestry and a south chapel.

The tower, of two stages, is distinguished by angled buttresses, a moulded brick string course, a moulded cornice, and an embattled parapet. The lower stage features a reused Norman arch with chevron ornament in the doorway on the south side, plus two lancet windows on the south front. Above this, a two-light round-headed window is set within a square surround on the north, south and west faces. The upper stage contains a clock face on the west and south sides, and a louvered opening with a pointed head on all four sides.

The north aisle has four bays divided by buttresses. The first and second bays feature two-light windows with Y-tracery, whilst the third and fourth bays have geometrical tracery. The west front includes a planked door with a four-centred arch and a two-light window above with Y-tracery. The south aisle mirrors the north aisle in design and has an embattled parapet. A projecting plinth, embattled parapet, and a coped gable with crocketed pinnacles characterise the north vestry, which incorporates a three-light window with geometrical tracery on its east side. The north vestry is set back from the east face of the chancel.

The south chapel’s east front is aligned with the chancel, featuring a similar window and gable to the north vestry. It also has two three-light windows with geometrical tracery on its south front. The chancel includes a projecting plinth, a coped and embattled gable with crocketed pinnacles, and a five-light window with geometrical tracery.

Inside, the nave boasts slim cast-iron columns supporting a roof with moulded scissor-braced roof trusses and moulded king posts. Cusped roof trusses are a feature of the chancel.