St Michael And All Angels

first stage C14, jambs and arch of pointed west door have a continuous wave mould

upper stages C16, second stage has west window with two tiers of 4-cinquefoil-headed lights, two tiers of small trefoil-headed lights over and a hoodmould terminating in stylised heads, pointed belfry openings each with three cinquefoil-headed lights and small trefoil-headed lights over.

Nave and aisles: The clerestoried nave, both aisles and south porch have crenellated parapets with crocketed pinnacles, C16 clerestory with paired 2-light windows.

South porch: two storeys, ground storey C14, upper storey C16

Late C16 clerestory with square-headed windows of two Tudor-arch lights with sunken spandrels, large pointed east window of c.1340 with five trefoil-headed lights, flowing tracery and hoodmould terminating in heads.

South aisle: Similar windows to those of north aisle, westernmost window consists of upper lights only, above a Tudor arch doorway dated 1578, east window similar to that of north aisle.

Vestry: Early to mid-C19, west side has a Tudor-arch door with returned hood mould, and flat arch window with two cinquefoil-headed lights and returned hoodmould.

INTERIOR: Nave arcade of c.1250, pointed arches with chamfer and roll and fillet moulding, hoodmoulds, and curved heads in the spandrels, columns with round abaci and double roll-moulded bases

C13 chancel arch raised by 8 feet in 1881, very tall pointed arch with wide fillet moulding, semi-octagonal engaged columns, hoodmould terminating in heads

low-pitch nave roof of 1881, cambered and billet-moulded tie beams are bracketed, two pairs of purlins and ridge piece, all moulded and with curved bosses at the junctions with the rafters, elaborately carved wall plate, the roof incorporates six oak angels from the C16 roof, these are cantilevered out below the tie beams

the early C13 chapel arcade has pointed arches with hollow chamfer and roll and fillet moulding, hoodmoulds and carved heads in the spandrels, cylindrical columns with water-holding bases and undercut capitals

C16 low pitch chancel roof with cambered tie beams, the principal ones are ovolo-moulded, the others and the two pairs of purlins and ridge piece have wide chamfers

porch has a C14 stoup with ogee head in the east wall

a C16 oak ceiling with roll-moulded ridge piece, and bracketed and panelled tie beams.

Fittings: Font dated 1668 restored 1862, stone, octagonal with moulded base and funnel shaped bowl

bowl of a medieval font in West tower

pulpit of 1890, stone, square plan, arcaded sides and heavily moulded lip decorated with fleurons, panelled wooden rear screen and canopy

choir stalls late C15-with some original carving in front and in the screens behind them, late C15 misericords decorated with foliage.

Monuments: Nave (South aisle) John Hodson d. 1836, bracketed and pedimented marble wall plaque

Richard Littleton d. 1518.and wife, incised alabaster slab within a cusped semi-circular recess in south wall.

Chancel: William Wynnesbury d. 1502 and his wife and daughter, incised alabaster floor slab

Sir Edward Littleton d. 1558 and his 2 wives Helen and Isabel, alabaster. chest tomb with 3 recumbent effigies, standing figures on sides of chest

Sir Edward Littleton d. 1574 and his wife Alice, alabaster chest tomb, 2 recumbent effigies, standing figures on sides of chest

Sir Edward Littleton d. 1610 and wife and Sir Edward Littleton d. 1629 and wife, 2-tier monument with recumbent effigies on both upper and lower chest tomb

A striking two-tiered monument to members of the Littleton family (father and son) both named Edward, together with their wives. They are Sir Edward Littleton (†1629) and wife above, their children represented on the panel below them. Below on the lower tier, is Sir Edward Littleton (†1610) and his wife Margaret Deveraux, their children are also represented on the panel below them. [[4461777]]

© Mike Searle

incised alabaster slab mounted on north aisle wall is mid-C17 and shows kneeling figures of a Littleton family

Sir Edward Littleton d. 1742, marble wall monument, bracketed aedicule with foliated pilasters capped by urns, surmounted by obelisk and sarcophagus, the former capped by an urn.

Stained glass: East window of 1864 by Ward and Hughes, south aisle has 3 by Ward and Hughes, one by Lavers and Burraud and one by A.J. Dix, north aisle has one by A.J. Dix and one by Nicholson.