Parish Church Of St Michael

The parish church of St Michael is a complex building with origins in the early 15th century, largely rebuilt in 1883 to the design of S. Jackson of Weymouth. Some medieval windows were incorporated into the rebuilding, particularly in the chancel. The church is constructed of rubblestone with clay tile roofs.

The west tower is of early 15th-century origin. It is three storeys high, externally divided into two stages by a weathered string course, with a plinth and an embattled parapet with gargoyles at the corners. A vice, contained within a large rounded projection with loop lights, is on the north side, and single-stage diagonal buttresses were added before 1883 on the west side. The west window has two cinquefoiled lights with vertical tracery in a two-centred head with a label. The upper stage features windows in each wall, each with two arched lights without cusping in a square head. The tower roof is modern.

The nave, re-built in 1883, has two windows on the south wall, with a gabled porch between. The left window is of two trefoil-cusped lights with a cinquefoil in a circle above, traceried spandrels, all set within a square head with a label. The right window follows a similar design, but contains three main lights and two cinquefoils above. The porch features stone gable coping and a cross, with a moulded jamb and pointed arch for the entrance, and a label with square stops. A 2-leaf plank door with strap hinges is within. The inner doorway to the nave has a straight chamfered jamb and a four-centred head, leading to a plank door with strap hinges. The chancel, also rebuilt in 1883, has an east window of that date, with three trefoiled lights and a 12-foil in a circle, all within a pointed head and a label with stops. The north wall displays a 16th-century window of two cinquefoiled lights with hollow moulded jambs and a square head. A similar 16th-century window is in the south wall, with a 19th-century label. Further west stands a mid-13th-century window of one trefoiled light with a two-centred head and a 19th-century label. A north vestry, with external access from the east, is attached, alongside a small north chapel, lit by a three-light window.

Inside, the tower arch is of two moulded orders; the inner order is two-centred and the outer is segmental pointed and continuous down to pyramidal stops. A doorway provides access to the vice on the north side. The chancel arch is a 19th-century segmental pointed arch with the inner order dying into the jambs. A similar arch leads to the north chapel. A font, of 18th-century date, has a circular moulded bowl on a plain cylindrical stem with a moulded foot on a square base. A painted wooden benefactors' table, recording bequests from Adam Jones of Holworth, Abbotsmilton, in 1653, is set in the north wall of the tower. A brass commemorates John Burton, 1506, located in the chancel.