Church Of St Michael And All Angels

The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a church with origins in the 13th century, extensively rebuilt and restored in 1843-4 by Sir Gilbert Scott for Henry Hucks Gibbs. The chancel was refitted in 1864, likely by Scott, and a reredos and retable were added in 1873 by Charles Buckeridge. The construction is of uncoursed rubble stone with a stone slate roof.

The church consists of a 4-bay nave with north and south aisles, and a 2-bay chancel. It is built in the Early English style. A porch is located to the left of centre on the south side, featuring a panelled double door within a 2-centred doorway, and a plank inner door with 19th-century decorative hinges. A lancet window is positioned to the left of the porch, with a paired lancet to the right of centre and another paired lancet to the right, finished with a flat hood mould. A 2-light reticulated tracery window is on the left of the chancel, alongside a trefoil lancet to the right. A flat-roofed dormer with a 4-light wood mullion window is centrally positioned on the roof of the south aisle. A stone octagonal bellcote with a stone spire is present at the gable end to the left. At the east end, a 3-light geometrical tracery window serves the nave, and a 2-light Y-tracery window is in the north aisle.

On the north side, a 2-centre arched doorway with a ribbed door is on the left. Four two-light reticulated tracery windows are present, along with a lancet to the left of centre. Another flat-roofed dormer, containing a 4-light wood mullion window, sits centrally on the north aisle roof. The west end features a 2-light Y-tracery window to the north aisle, as well as two lancets to the end of the nave and a lancet to the end of the south aisle.

Inside, the nave and chancel have an arch-braced collar-truss roof spanning six bays, incorporating windbraces. A lean-to roof covers the south aisle and a scissor-braced roof covers the north aisle. The reredos and retable feature mosaics by Clayton and Bell. Sedilia are located to the right of the chancel. A monument to George Henry Gibbs stands to the left, depicting a recumbent figure in prayer with quatrefoil panels and a cusped ogee arch above. The east window is also a work of Clayton and Bell. Further interior features include a 19th-century brass communion rail, choir stalls, an organ screen, and a chancel screen with a wooden quatrefoil panelled base. The screen's integral pulpit has a painted and gilded wrought iron and brass top, forming an arcade of iron scrolls and flowers. The nave south arcade features four 2-centre arches with continuous mouldings supported on round columns. A 19th-century square stone font rests on grouped columns, and its basin is adorned with a richly carved frieze. A 19th-century candelabra and an early 20th-century sanctuary light illuminate the chancel.

The 1843 restoration and subsequent work were funded by Henry Hucks Gibbs using a fund left by G.J. Gibbs.