Church Of Saint Michael And All Angels

The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a church with origins dating back to the 12th century, undergoing significant development through the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries, and later subject to 19th-century restorations. The church is constructed of rubble with ashlar dressings, and has an artificial slate roof. It comprises a nave with a north aisle, a south porch, and a chancel with a north aisle.

The south porch, likely dating from 1811, features a round-arched opening with ashlar voussoirs, imposts, and a keystone. Inside the porch is a medieval grave cover bearing a stepped cross with a foliate head and shears. The nave, principally from around 1180, is three bays wide. A Romanesque south doorway retains a single chevroned order. A round-arched window of 1811, with imposts, a keystone, and two segmental-arched lights with a roundel in the tympanum, has been placed on the south side. A tall rectangular window from the 15th century, possibly intended for a rood gallery, is also present. A corbel table with modillions runs along the nave, and gable parapets are visible. A corniced bellcote is situated at the west end, and a gable cross tops the east end. A diagonal buttress is located on the right of the west end of the nave. A window with 14th-century Decorated tracery and a 19th-century label featuring heads is also present. The north aisle, dating from the 13th century, features a 15th-century square window within a chamfered surround. Elsewhere on the north side is a two-light window with trefoiled heads and a trefoil above, set within plate tracery, accompanied by a label with heads, and a blocked north doorway with a pointed arch, imposts, and a chamfered label.

The chancel, dating from the early 14th century, is two bays wide and includes a shouldered lintel to its priest's doorway. Two 19th-century two-light windows, designed in the Decorated style with labels and heads, are also present. A corbel table with modillions runs along the chancel, and the east gable is topped by a 19th-century Gothic chimney. The east end of the chancel features stepped buttresses and a 14th-century three-light window with reticulated tracery.

Inside, the early 13th-century nave arcade consists of two plain orders on circular piers, which stand on tall bases with hollow-moulded capitals. The chancel arch, also early 13th century, is formed of two chamfered orders with nailhead ornamenting the abaci of mutilated capitals. An arch to the north chapel is slightly chamfered with broach stops. A piscina has a pointed arch and a stone font, dating from the 12th century, is octagonal, with cable moulding around the rim and 19th-century Perpendicular-style armorial shields around the bowl, which sits on a 19th-century stem. Two hatchments belonging to the Hutton family are displayed, along with a coat of arms from the George III period.