Church Of St Michael

The Church of St Michael is an Anglican parish church dating to the 12th century, with significant additions and alterations in the 13th, 15th, and 19th centuries. It is constructed of flint with limestone detailing, a slate roof, and copper sheeting to the aisles. The church comprises a nave, north and south aisles, a south porch, a west steeple, and a 19th-century north vestry and chancel.

The south porch, dating to the 15th century, features a Tudor arched door and a 19th-century cusped roundel above. All windows are 15th century; the aisles and chancel have two-light square-headed windows with trefoiled ogees and labels. The chancel east window is of three lights. The nave clerestory also has two-light windows with trefoiled heads. The west tower is of four stages, its width equal to that of the nave, setting back above the nave eaves. A moulded top string runs around the tower, topped by a plain, well-proportioned octagonal ashlar broach spire with narrow single-light bell openings at clerestory level and a ringing floor. Angle buttresses are present, and a gnomon is fixed to the chancel's south-west buttress. The vestry is characterised by plate tracery.

Inside, the nave is defined by a three-bay arcade dating to the late 12th and early 13th centuries, which may incorporate elements of an earlier Saxon nave, evidenced by its tall walls of 600mm thickness. The north aisle features short, cylindrical columns with capitals of early stiff leaf form, similar to Great Bedwyn, and two-order semi-circular arches with a square billet hoodmould. A 17th-century roof is present. The south aisle is similar but with taller columns and chamfered pointed arches; the east capital features four heads, with a round central capital. The arcade corbels on the east impost. Panelled roofs cover both aisles. Walls are colourwashed. A triple chamfered tower arch and a double chamfered chancel arch define the tower and chancel respectively, the latter being uninterrupted. The chancel incorporates 19th-century patterned tiling and a barrel vaulted roof, with two steps leading to the sanctuary. A 19th-century cusped stone reredos panel and piscina are also present. Fittings include a 19th-century limestone octagonal font with brass fittings, a 19th-century oak octagonal pulpit on a stone base, and 19th-century sanctuary rails. The organ is a small instrument by Brygeson Bros, London. Wall tablets from 1859 (to HENRY ROWLAND of Ramsbury) and 1860 (to JANE TROTHOWAN and EDWARD POTTER of Chisbury), both in white marble on slate, are located in the south aisle, alongside a brass war memorial.