Church Of St Michael

The Church of St Michael is a parish church dating from the 15th century. The chancel was rebuilt in 1833, with restorations occurring in 1867 and 1877 for the nave. The church features a chancel, a north chapel, a nave with aisles, a southeast chapel, a western tower, and a north porch. It is constructed of flint with a plain tiled roof. The two-stage western tower includes a plinth, string course, cornice, battlements, and four times offset diagonal buttresses, along with a southeast octagonal stair turret. The western doorway is double hollow chamfered, while the north porch doorway features a roll and hollow chamfer with a rib and stud door, and an interior doorway with hollow chamfer and octagonal attached shafts. The church exhibits Perpendicular 15th-century tracery throughout, some of which has been restored. Above the east window is a stone inscription that reads: "This Chancel Built by Percy Groves A.D. 1833."

Inside, there is a double hollow chamfered tower arch with attached shafts and octagonal capitals. The nave arcade consists of three bays with slim shafts arranged in clusters of four, featuring moulded capitals and bases. The double hollow chamfered arcade is deeply undercut. A chamfered doorway leads to the stair turret. The roof has four crown posts, with the end two having shortened posts. The north aisle includes a corbel table, cornice, and rafter roof, while the south aisle has a roof supported by three crown posts. There is no chancel arch, but there is a moulded archway leading to the southeast chapel and a 19th-century arch to the north (Dawes) chapel. Notable fittings include four-centred arched doors and a stair to a missing rood loft. A 15th-century screen with five bays features traceried bays, attached shafts, and crocketted ogee surrounds, along with a 19th-century top section. The south aisle contains a chamfered piscina and aumbrey. A 18th-century brass chandelier with twelve sticks is also present. The south aisle has 18th-century window heads and three painted panels depicting the story of Joseph, signed by C. Handley in 1836, who was the vicar's wife. In the churchyard, notable burials include John Nichols Thom, alias Sir William Courteney, and six of his followers, all of whom were killed in the Courteney Riots of 1838.