Church of St Michael

This is a small medieval parish church. The building dates from the medieval period and comprises a narrow nave, a south porch, a central tower with small attached transepts, and a long chancel. The church is constructed of rubble with some ashlar dressings, and has roughly dressed quoins; the roof is slate with coping to the gables, cruciform finials, and a corbel table. A battered plinth runs around the base of the building.

The central tower has a saddleback roof and includes small rectangular openings for a belfry and staircase. It is flanked by miniature, heavily battered transepts with small trefoil-headed lights with spandrels at ground floor level. The west end of the nave has a window of four cusped lights with Perpendicular-style tracery. The south nave features a small, southwest window of two trefoil-headed lights under a square hoodmould; a larger, two-light, restored Perpendicular-style window is located east of the porch, and a small, blocked rood-screen light sits under the eaves. The gabled porch, with a battered plinth, has a plain pointed-arched doorway. Above the doorway are signs of an earlier roofline. Inside the porch, the main south doorway is a pointed moulded arch stopped at base under a relieving arch. A polygonal holy water stoup is also present, along with a plank door and a two-bay arch-braced roof. The chancel contains a two-light, restored Perpendicular-style window on the southeast, some 18th-century wall monuments, and a similar three-light window to the east; the north chancel wall has no windows. The north nave has two large, square-headed three-light windows under voussoirs.

The interior of the nave and chancel are mostly rendered, while the crossing is mostly unrendered. The arches of the crossing are plain and pointed. A panelled three-decker, comprising a pulpit, reading desk, and stalls, runs along the south wall of the nave, opposite a panelled pew traditionally occupied by the Cwrt-yr-Ala family. The font is medieval, octagonal with a round stem and angle spurs; it was reputedly lost at the time of the Battle of St Fagans and later discovered in a field. The nave floor is laid with flagstones. The west window was designed by Ninian Comper and dates from 1955. A pointed-arched tower doorway is situated within the northeast crossing, leading to a spiral stone staircase that ascends to a chamber with an opening overlooking the chancel, now masked by a 19th-century ceiling. The north transept contains an aumbry, and the south a squint, suggesting former altars. A niche is located in the southwest tower wall. Notably, the pews face west, towards the pulpit. The chancel floor is made of large clay tiles. A 19th-century carved oak reredos of 1927 is located at the east end, along with Commandments Tablets. Dark oak chairs, dating from the 17th century, depict scenes of the Civil War and represent links with Parliamentarians following the Battle of St Fagans. Stained glass and 19th-century monuments commemorate the Rous family of Cwrt-yr-Ala; the earliest wall tablet dates from 1729, with other examples from the 18th century. The nave roof is 19th-century, open and boarded, while the chancel has a ceiling. A single bell, dated 1698, is present.