Church Of St Michael

The Church of St Michael is a church dating from the 13th and 14th centuries, with a chancel rebuilt around 1853 by E.F. Low. It is constructed of squared and regular coursed lias stone with a lead and plain tile roof. The building has a cruciform plan and includes a west tower.

The chancel has a south elevation of three lancet windows, and a similar north elevation with two windows and a projecting lean-to vestry. The east window is a triple lancet with a quatrefoil above, beneath a steeply pitched roof with an ashlar gable parapet. The south transept has a two-window range of lancets to the east and west, a two-light window to the south, and a shallow-pitch roof with ashlar parapets. The north transept is similar. The nave has a south elevation of three two-light clerestory windows, one two-light window at a lower level, and a porch, likely from the 19th century, with a gabled roof and ashlar parapets and finial. The north elevation of the nave is similar, with two two-light windows at a lower level. The nave roof is shallow-pitched with ashlar parapets.

The west tower is of Perpendicular style, with four stages and a three-light window in the lowest stage. It has two-light bell-chamber openings and a castellated parapet.

Inside, the chancel and transept arches are double-chamfered, with octagonal responds. The tower arch is triple-chamfered with an octagonal respond. The chancel has coloured floor tiles. The nave and chancel have 19th-century roof structures; the nave roof features carved bosses depicting angels. The transepts retain 14th-century roof trusses.

Significant monuments include a large marble tablet in the north transept commemorating Sir William Craven, who died in 1707, flanked by columns supporting an entablature with putti and a central armorial device. A similar tablet to Maria Craven (died 1736) is located to the left, also with attached columns and an open pediment, with a central winged cherub and armorial device. Black ledger stones, also for Sir William Craven, are the work of Edward Stanton, and are located at the chapel steps. A 13th-century tomb recess is present in the south transept, alongside various 19th-century marble tablets in the nave. A barrel organ, probably from the 19th century and made by William Prowse, stands in the south transept. The font, dating from 1821 and designed by Rickman, is octagonal, with a panelled base, a stern shape, and angel heads under the bowl. 19th-century stained glass is in the east window, north-east and south-east nave windows, and the north transept east windows.