Church Of St Michael And All Angels

The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a church dating back to the 12th century, with significant rebuilding in the 16th and 17th centuries, followed by restoration in the 19th and mid-20th centuries. It is constructed of limestone rubble with a lead-coated steel roof. The west tower has two stages, and the main body of the church comprises a three-bay nave, a one-bay chancel, and aisles, all beneath a single roof, with a north vestry attached. A gabled south porch has a segmental arch with a cyma moulding, a double board door, and a date stone reading "1696." A south door to the chancel features a cavetto moulded pointed arched surround with a board door. The south windows of the nave include two of three lights; the left window has round-headed lights and cavetto mullions, and the right window has three cusped lights with straight chamfers. All nave windows are straight-headed and lack solid sills. The chancel south window consists of five round-headed lights, while the nave south windows are of three lights, mirroring the design of the chancel window to the left and with trefoil-headed lights to the right. The north side of the church features nave windows of three and two cusped lights, restored, and the vestry has 19th-century one- and two-light windows. The chancel north window is of two cusped lights, likely reset, with a relieving arch. The east end has a 19th-century decorated three-light east window and a two-light north aisle window. The south aisle east window has three cusped lights. The west tower has a narrow slit window to the lower stage on the south side, a rectangular window with leaded lights on the west face, and a slit window above. Belfry windows are of one and two lights with stone louvres, with a drip moulding between the stages and below the battlemented parapet, which retains the line of a pitched roof on the east side. A boiler house, positioned between the tower and the north aisle, incorporates mullioned windows brought from East Deepdale. Inside, the inner door is probably 17th century, fastened with square-headed nails and strap hinges. The archway has plain jambs and a slight roll moulding to the round arch of three blocks. There are two steps down into the church. The north arcade has octagonal piers and depressed two-centred double chamfered arches, while the south arcade is round-arched on octagonal piers with flat capitals. A painted rood loft, dated 1558 and restored in the 20th century, has a pierced east parapet with traceried arches, linen-fold panelling, and 4-petal flowers. The altar rail has widely spaced bulbous balusters, and the pulpit features reused panelling dated 1641. The font bowl, probably 15th century, has reused quatrefoil recessed panels with bearded heads and incised fleur de lis motifs and a rounded stem which may be earlier.