Church Of St Michael And All Angels

The Church of St Michael and All Angels is an Anglican parish church located in Atworth. The core of the church dates to the 15th century, with a substantial rebuilding occurring in 1832 by H. E. Goodridge of Bath. It is constructed of limestone ashlar with a Welsh slate roof.

The church comprises a nave and chancel under a single roof, with a west entrance and a detached tower to the north. The west front features a pointed moulded doorway with a ribbed door, hoodmould, and string course. Above this is a three-light decorated window and an oculus, flanked by pilasters rising to pinnacles. A Lombardy frieze decorates the sides. The north and south sides of the nave/chancel have three two-light decorated windows, each with a hoodmould. The east end exhibits angle buttresses and three-light decorated windows with hoodmoulds and pinnacles, with a trefoil Lombardy frieze at the west end.

The detached north tower has four stages with diagonal buttresses and string courses. It features a pointed moulded west doorway with a square hoodmould, a two-light window with cusped arched lights to the second stage, an arrow loop to the third stage, and square-headed, louvred windows with cusped lights to the bell stage. A cornice with water spouts tops the battlemented parapet, and a gabled tiled roof completes the tower. A stair turret on the north side has an ogee-headed doorway with a planked door, arrow loops, and a gabled roof. The east side of the tower retains a blocked tower arch to what was formerly the nave, and evidence of the former roofline.

Inside, a west vestibule sits below a gallery supported by cast-iron columns with shallow Tudor arches. The gallery front features tromp l'oeil panels, and the gallery houses organ pipes. A five-bay roof spans the entire space, featuring moulded tie beams and vertical struts. The chancel is separated by steps and features a polychrome tiled floor and a 1881 communion rail. A pointed doorway on the north wall provides access to the tower. Furnishings include pews from 1881, a polygonal stone pulpit (originally from Melksham), a 19th-century octagonal stone font, and pointed stone prayer boards on the east wall. The east window features stained glass from the 1930s by Hugh Easton, commemorating the wife of Sir John Fuller of Neston Park. A Gothic monument on the south wall commemorates Bernard Powlett of Cottles (died 1700), and a classical marble tablet commemorates Mary Webb (died 1800). The tower contains a good collection of 17th- and 18th-century memorial tablets, including two with carved oval borders bearing foliage; one to Edward Tydcomb (died 1689) and the other to Mary Abbott (died 1693). The church houses three bells dating from 1350, 1786, and 1606.