Church Of St Michael

The Church of St Michael is a parish church primarily built in the 13th century, with a south transept added in the early 14th century. It is constructed of stone rubble with freestone dressings and has slate roofs.

The nave features decorated two-light windows, and the south doorway has double-chamfered jambs and a moulded arch without capitals, leading to a Victorian south porch. The chancel includes 15th-century flat-headed two-light south windows and a perpendicular four-light east window.

Notable elements include a fine 15th-century north aisle and northeast chapel, which have quatrefoil pierced and moulded battlements, gargoyles, large perpendicular three-light windows, and a moulded north doorway without capitals. There is a polygonal stair turret between the north aisle and northeast chapel, also with battlements. The early 14th-century south transept has a decorated two-light south window and a lancet on the east side with a cusped head.

The tall 15th-century west tower is built in three stages with set-back buttresses and battlements. It features two-light bell-openings, a four-light perpendicular west window above the west doorway, and an elaborate moulded arch with foliage and vine carving, but without capitals. A polygonal stair turret with battlements is located on the southeast corner of the tower.

Inside, the church has a perpendicular north arcade of five bays with four-centred arches; the two western bays are narrower and have two-centred arches. The north chapel and south transept also feature four-centred arches, all adorned with carved foliage capitals. The chancel arch and tower arch lack capitals. The church has a 15th-century octagonal font and Victorian furnishings and roofs.

Monuments within the church commemorate Amos Collard, who died in 1747, and William Keate, vicar of Stockland, who died in 1777.