Church Of St Michael And All Angels

The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II* listed church located in Dalston, dating from the 12th and 13th centuries, with partial rebuilding in 1749 and a restoration in 1890 by C.J. Ferguson. It is constructed of red sandstone rubble and features a graduated greenslate roof with coped gables. The church has a four-bay aisled nave, with the lower part dating to the 13th century, a double open bellcote, and a north porch, along with north and south transepts. The chancel, which is three bays long, is also from the 13th century and includes a north vestry added in 1890.

Inside, the nave has a blocked medieval south door that now serves as a recess for a 1890 rededication inscription, and there is a blocked 18th-century entrance in the west wall. The 19th-century porch contains an 18th-century font, two medieval graveslabs, a carved Transitional style capital, and a 17th-century inscription stone that is partly obscured by a war memorial from 1914-1918. The church features 19th-century two-light windows with geometrical tracery, while the north transept has a circular window with similar tracery.

In the chancel, there is a priest's door in a pointed arch under a pedimented hood, original lancet windows, and a small pointed leper window, along with a three-light east window. The interior of the nave boasts an open timber ceiling from 1890, supported by timber columns, and a continuous low stone seat along the south wall, believed to be medieval. The walls were panelled in 1890 using wood from the 18th-century box pews. The south transept features stained glass by Clayton and Bell from 1909, while the north transept has an organ screen designed by C.J. Ferguson. The 19th-century font, created by R.H. Billings, has a carved oak cover by Sir Robert Lorimer. In the chancel, there are rounded rere-arches to the medieval windows and a white marble wall plaque commemorating Reverend Walter Fletcher from 1846, designed by Musgrave Lewthwaite Watson.