Gatepiers And Outbuilding, Boundary Walls, Gravestones, St Michaels Parish Church Including Graveyard, Manse Road, Gordon

St Michaels Parish Church is a substantial rectangular-plan church built in 1763, with significant additions and interior remodelling carried out in 1897. The church is constructed of sandstone and whin rubble with rough stone quoins and droved and chamfered window margins. Advanced ashlar door pieces mark the outer bays, whilst decorative skew putts, lapped stone skews, timber bracketed overhanging eaves and a stone bellcote to the west are characteristic features.

The south elevation, which is the principal front, contains six bays. The central four bays are lit by tall single pointed arch windows, while the outer bays feature advanced triangular pedimented doorpieces with round headed doorways. A bellcote sits to the left gable.

The west elevation comprises two bays and is dominated by an advanced gabled aisle to the right, which contains a tall tripartite stained glass window dating to around 1940, set in a dressed stone surround with metal grille. A stone bellcote with pointed cap and decorative skewputts crowns this section, with a plain aedicule memorial plaque positioned below the window to the left. A half-hexagonal stair tower occupies the left bay, featuring a small service doorway in the re-entrant angle, a twin leaf doorway to the outer angle, circular leaded windows to the upper level, and a hexagonal pointed slate roof with decorative terracotta finial.

The north elevation shows four bays with a double transept to the centre, lit by two-centred arched bipartite windows at ground level with corresponding bipartite windows above. A hexagonal stair tower stands to the far right, and a low lean-to vestry is positioned in the re-entrant angle to the far left with a door to the right.

The east elevation contains two bays. An advanced gabled aisle to the left incorporates a tripartite stained glass window, whilst the north aisle occupies the right bay with a later lean-to single storey vestry in the re-entrant angle, which features a 12 pane timber sash and case window. A low rubble burial ground wall with cast iron railings and gate is situated to the left. Small square-paned leaded glazing lights the north and south windows, with decorative stained glass panels enriching the tripartite gable windows. Two-leaf boarded doors to the south elevation are fitted with decorative cast-iron bracket hinges and handles, while plain boarded doors serve the north. The pitched slate roof displays lapped stone skews, decorative skewputts and painted cast-iron rainwater goods throughout.

The interior of the nave dates from 1763 but underwent substantial internal remodelling in 1897. The floor is boarded, timber panelling rises to dado height, and timber window cills are fitted throughout. Timber pew seating with painted numbers lines a central aisle, whilst a stone font dating from 1898 and a carved timber pulpit occupy the raised chancel. Laminated timber beams supported on decorative stone corbels carry the timber-lined roof, which is finished with a plain string cornice embellished with decorative floral inserts.

The north aisle was added in 1897. Its pews face the nave, and a west door provides access to the stair tower. A timber-clad balcony, supported on stone pillars with corbels, forms two archways overlooking the nave. An organ was installed in 2001 to the northwest corner of the nave. This instrument was formerly housed in East Linton Parish Church and was built by Forster and Andrews of Hull in 1895.

The vestry is timber boarded throughout and contains a small cast iron fireplace positioned in one corner. Stained glass panels to the east and west windows depict colourful pictorial scenes.

The boundary walls and associated structures are also of architectural interest. To the south, a whin rubble coped boundary wall features dressed sandstone gatepiers with stop chamfered corners and rounded stone capitals, accompanied by decorative cast-iron gates. Drystone walls enclose the church to the north, east and west, with a rubble stone pillared gateway serving the northwest entrance. A small stone outbuilding adjoins the north wall. It has stone walls and a pitched roof of slate with plastic sheeting, and a small timber door on the south gable facing the church. The churchyard contains 18th and 19th century gravestones.