Church Of St Michael

The Church of St Michael is a parish church dating from the early 12th century, with restorations and additions made in 1878 by C.J. Ferguson. It features walls made of calciferous sandstone rubble and is topped with a graduated greenslate roof, complete with coped gables and a cross finial. The church has a 4-bay nave that includes a south porch and a twin open bellcote, as well as a 3-bay chancel with a north vestry.

The nave showcases a zig-zag doorway and carved capitals, although the engaged shafts have been removed, all set within a 14th-century gabled stone porch. The south wall contains a tall round-headed 13th-century window, a smaller rectangular window of similar age, and two 18th-century rectangular windows. A 19th-century two-light west window is flanked by buttresses. The north side has a blocked doorway and two narrow round-headed 12th-century windows.

On the south chancel wall, there is a blocked priest's doorway, a lancet window, a round-headed window, and a two-light 15th-century window, along with a 19th-century two-light east window and a 19th-century vestry. Inside the porch, there are built-in fragments of medieval cross-slabs. The nave retains four original window splays, one of which corresponds to the 18th-century window. It features a 16th-century trussed timber roof and a medieval pedestal font with an octagonal bowl. The south wall shows remnants of stone steps leading to the rood screen and displays the Royal Arms of George I, dated 1721.

The chancel arch, dating from the 12th century, is roll-moulded and has carved capitals. Fragments of Anglo-Danish cross-shafts are located beside the south door. The north wall of the chancel contains original splayed 12th-century windows and a lancet window, along with a fragment of medieval sculpture built into the wall. There are 17th-century slate wall plaques commemorating the Lawson family of Isel Hall flanking the altar, additional fragments of an Anglo-Danish cross shaft, a brass wall plaque for Thomas de Sandes, who died in 1415, and various 19th-century brass wall plaques. The church also includes 19th-century furnishings and fittings, as well as early 20th-century hanging oil lamps.