Church Of St Michael

The Church of St. Michael is a church built in 1884 by J.P. St. Aubyn, funded by Sir Reginald Loder of Whittlebury Lodge. It is constructed from coursed squared limestone with ironstone dressings and features plain tile roofs. The church includes a chancel, organ chamber, vestry, nave, north and south aisles, and a south porch, all designed in the Decorated style.

The chancel has a two-bay layout with a three-light east window showcasing geometrical tracery, along with two-light windows to the south and north-east that have quatrefoil tracery in their heads. It also features a plinth, stone eaves, and a stone-coped east gable. The vestry and organ chamber contain a boiler house basement with a chamfered doorway to the east, which has a segmental hood, and a small chamfered rectangular window to the north. The vestry door has a chamfered stone surround and hood mould, a two-light window to the south with quatrefoil tracery in the head, and a one-light window to the west with a pointed trefoil head. The structure has a chamfered plinth, stone ends, a stone-coped north gable, and a brick end stack on a stone base.

The north aisle features a one-light east window with a pointed trefoil head, a two-light west window with reticulated tracery, and three-light windows to the south with straight heads and ogee tracery. The south aisle has similar windows to the north and a similar west window. The south porch includes a double hollow-chamfered doorway with a hood mould, a chamfered south door within a chamfered plinth, and a stone-coped gable.

The nave has a four-light west window with geometrical tracery and a timber-framed bell turret at the west end, which has a ribbed lead-covered base with a clock face to the south, two-light bell-openings, and a shingled spire. The nave and aisles share the same roof, featuring a plinth and stone-coped gables. All pointed windows are adorned with hood moulds.

Inside, the chancel features a stone reredos with a mosaic of the Crucifixion above the altar and an arch-braced collar-truss roof. The nave has a similar roof, with four-bay arcades supported by circular columns with moulded ironstone capitals and double-chamfered arches.