Church Of St Michael And All Angels

The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II listed church built in 1846 by architect A. Salvin for the widow and children of George Lloyd of Cowesby Hall, in his memory. Constructed from rock-faced stone with a graduated stone slate roof, the church features a three-bay nave with a south porch, separated by a two-stage tower from a one-bay chancel, all designed in a Norman style.

Architectural details include a chamfered plinth, a moulded cill band, an eaves band, ashlar coping, and cross finials on the gables. The round-arched windows are quoined, and the doorways have moulded round arches supported by columns with scalloped cushion capitals. The west window of the nave has similar columns, and the inside of the gabled porch contains a board inner door with decorative iron hinges.

The tower has louvred two-light belfry openings on the north and south sides, with single lights on the west and east. It is topped with a corbelled pyramidal roof featuring lucarnes and a weather vane. The chancel's east end has paired windows and an oculus above, all with moulded surrounds. A vestry, under a separate gabled roof, has an octagonal stack and an outshut.

Inside, the church has attached columns with scalloped cushion capitals. The principal rafter roof trusses are supported by head-corbels, with curved braces to collars and chamfered butt purlins. A 17th-century altar rail features balusters of interlaced spirals, solid gate posts, and a broad, chamfered handrail. Round-arched commandment tablets flank the east window, and there is a board door leading to the vestry.

This church is built on the site of a Saxon and a 13th-century church. Salvin had previously designed Cowesby Hall for George Lloyd in 1832, which was replaced in 1949.