Church Of St Michael

The Church of St Michael is a parish church founded in the 12th century. It was restored in 1776, with the nave rebuilt in 1829. The church was remodelled and a tower was added around 1904, as indicated by the date on the rainwater heads. The east end and the north side of the chancel are constructed of ashlar on a plinth, while the rest is made of rough-dressed snecked rubble. The tower features stepped buttressing, and there are blocking courses on the nave and chancel, which are castellated in part. The roofs are covered with graduated slate and have stone coping and an apex cross at the east end.

The church includes a west tower with a baptistry, a nave, a chancel, and a north chapel. The three-stage castellated tower has perpendicular detailing, including a traceried west window and paired belfry openings. There is a polygonal baptistry on the south side and a porch door on the right with a four-centred head. Each side of the nave has three lancets with hoodmoulds, and the east end features three stepped lancets under a continuous hoodmould. The north chapel has paired lancets.

Inside, the nave is plastered and features a painted frieze, with king-post roof trusses that have Gothic panelling on the sides. The pointed chancel arch, dating from around 1630, was rebuilt but retains parts of the original 12th-century arch. The narrow chancel has a blocked door on the south side, which is believed to be from the 17th century. There is a painted and carved stone Gothic reredos and a painted, carved stone polygonal pulpit. The font in the baptistry has a large octagonal bowl dated 1578. The nave contains 19th-century stained glass by various artists, and there are stained glass panels reused in the east windows from various dates up to the early 19th century, with some possibly dating back to the 16th century.