Church Of St Michael

The Church of St Michael is a Grade I listed parish church located in Raddington, with parts dating back to the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries. The tower is possibly from the 13th century, the nave from the 14th century, and the chancel from the 15th century. The tower underwent restoration in 1675, the chancel was reroofed in the 19th century, and the church was restored with the tower rendered in the late 20th century. It is constructed from thin bedded local slate stone, with some rendered sections, and features slate roofs and remnants of crenellations on the nave.

The church has a west tower, a south porch for the nave, and a chancel with a projection for a rood stair. The two-stage tower includes remains of crenellations, a single light louvred bell-opening, and a 2-light 16th-century west window. A date stone on the south face is initialled TY/WAR/LH 1675. The single-storey gabled 19th-century porch has applied half-timbering at the apex, and the inner doorway features a finely moulded pointed arch 14th-century doorframe with a slightly ogee head, along with an early door fitted with 14th-century hinges and a back plate. To the right of the porch is a 2-light square-headed cusped window, and there is a projection of the former rood stair with a 2-light wooden casement and decorative iron strap masking an inserted tie to the rood screen, which is similar on the north front.

The chancel windows all have ferramenta, with 15th-century windows flanking the priest's door that has a moulded depressed 4-centred arch head. The east window is a 3-light window with a hoodmould, and there is a 3-light window on the north front, along with a circa 1500 3-light window in the nave. The interior is rendered, revealing evidence of wall paintings beneath the plaster in the nave. The nave features a barrel wagon roof with bosses at the intersections, while the chancel has a 19th-century wagon roof with bosses. The tower arch is pointed and straight-sided, with double chamfers rising to iron imposts.

There are substantial remains of a late medieval screen, consisting of four and a half bays with cresting and an inserted section below masking a tie, along with a rare survival of a plastered tympanum above the entrance. A stone slate with good lettering has been reset by the jamb of the chancel's north window, inscribed to Mrs. Susan Hammall (or Hammatt), who died in 1707, along with other family members. A reading desk dated 1713 and a Royal Coat of Arms painted on wood in 1852 are also present. The Church of St Michael is a remarkable survival of a largely unaltered medieval church and became a chapelry in 1971.