Church Of St Michael

The Church of St Michael is a building with a long history, originating around 1150. A tower was added in the 15th century, the chancel was rebuilt in 1858, the transepts constructed and the south arcade rebuilt in 1883, the south side was rebuilt in 1966, and the north aisle re-roofed around 1986. The church is primarily built of dressed sandstone, with transepts of rock-faced stone and 20th-century rebuilding in ashlar, all topped with a slate roof.

The church's design includes a two-bay chancel, a vestry and organ chamber to the north, and a south chapel; a four-bay aisled nave and clerestory; and a west tower. The east window features three stepped lights over a sillband, with a glazed roundel above. The chancel's north side is obscured by the vestry, while the south side has a single window. Both the east and south windows have continuous hoods of chevron moulding. The north transept has three single-light windows over a sillband, beneath a cross-gabled roof. The south transept features two separate single-light windows with a sillband, and a glazed quatrefoil within a circular surround. A coped cross-gabled roof tops the transepts, with a foliate gable cross at the east end. The north aisle wall is composed of four recessed bays between plain pilasters, each containing a single light. The clerestory has four windows beneath a continuous hood of chevron moulding. The south aisle wall has been rebuilt to match the north wall, and the clerestory replicates the north side's design. The aisles and clerestories feature corbel tables, and the nave roof is crested with a gable cross at the east end. All windows in the chancel, aisles, and clerestories are round-headed.

The three-stage west tower has angle buttresses, standing on a chamfered plinth. A 19th-century roll-moulded west doorway is set within a four-centred arch of three orders, beneath a flat hoodmould with mouchettes in the spandrels. An inserted Perpendicular window sits above the doorway. The belfry has pointed cusped openings beneath flat hoods, paired on the north, south, and west faces, and single to the east. Moulded strings are present between the first and second stages on the north and south faces; these are interrupted on the west by a later window. Further moulded strings run between the second and belfry stages, and beneath a plain parapet on all sides.

Inside, a 19th-century round chancel arch consists of two orders on one shaft and one respond, both with scalloped capitals, and a simplified beakhead hood mould with mask stops. Above the chancel arch is a small blind round arch on shafts with scalloped capitals, beneath a continuous chevron-moulded hood. The north and south arcades have stepped round arches on cylindrical piers with scalloped capitals, beneath a continuous hood. Original piers in the north arcade stand on high cylindrical bases. The openings to the clerestory windows are deeply splayed. A tall pointed tower arch is composed of two chamfered orders, the inner order dying into responds. A fine 20th-century Doric screen separates the south (Lady) chapel from the chancel. A 17th-century circular font is carved with panels of intertwined foliage and stands on a 19th-century foot.