Church Of St Michael

The Church of St Michael is a parish church dating back to the 12th century, with significant additions and alterations in the 15th century and a restoration in 1886 by S. Gambier-Parry. The church is constructed of flattish random rubble with larger, squared quoins to the nave, while the chancel features ashlar quoins and strings. Timber framing is used for the porch, all set beneath a tiled roof, with a shingled spire and bellcote.

The church consists of a nave, chancel, vestry, a south porch, a bellcote, and a spire above the west end of the nave. The south facade features a low, plain plinth; a main door, covered by an 1886 timber-framed porch with a pointed arch and 3-light windows; and a small 12th-century lancet window. To the right of the porch is a 2-light Perpendicular window. The left gable displays copings for the lower half, transitioning to a hip section and then a set-back tiled gable. Above the bellcote is a broach spire with a weathervane.

The chancel has a semi-octagonal east end with a hipped roof and an iron cross. South-facing windows are round-headed with splayed arrises; those on the eastern faces have a single round-headed window with a roll moulding. Inside the chancel, the nave and chancel are plastered with stone window reveals. The chancel arch displays two recessed orders, columns with scalloped capitals, and a plain abacus extending across the nave’s east wall. The waggon rafter roof is of 19th-century construction. Traces of chevron painting remain on the surrounds of two 12th-century north windows. The east end of the chancel has a wide arch leading to the vestry. A piscina is located to the north and sedilia to the south. A 12th-century font with a plain bowl and roll moulding stands within the nave, alongside a semi-octagonal, panelled Jacobean pulpit on a 19th-century stone base. A wall monument dates to 1763. The 1886 restoration involved renewing the roof, bellcote, and spire, rebuilding the porch and chancel, and constructing the vestry.