St Michael And All Saints

tower dated 1626, porch of 1849, most rebuilt in 1868 and restored again in 1902 by Harbottle Reed.

The north side of tower has a slit window to ringing floor and west side has a plain ground floor 2-light window of volcanic stone with chamfered mullion and is flanked by volcanic stone plaques both inscribed IC 1626.

The nave, though much rebuilt in C19, is still basically early C16 or earlier.

The centre is coated and with external ferramenta and maybe early C16, and the right window is also coated but here some volcanic stone and red sandstone shows through and this is the only window with trefoil heads.

It too has external ferramenta and is probably early C16.

The others are Beerstone and appear C17, they contain diamond panes of old leaded glass and have external ferramenta.

Interior: porch has tiled floor which contains encaustic memorial tiles to the Revd.

Both nave and north aisle have ceiled wagon roofs which though much-restored in C19 still retain good deal of early C16 carpentry.

In the nave the 6 western bays have original chamfered ribs and large crudely-carved bosses but the 4 eastern bays are C19 with moulded ribs, neater bosses and a slightly lower vault.

Similarly the aisle has 4 original bays to west with moulded ribs and carved bosses and 4 C19 bays in same style to east.

The tower projects into the aisle with a C19 door and, on the south side, a C17 2-light volcanic stone window with chamfered mullion overlooking the nave.

Floor of nave and aisle is mostly slate slabs with some reset C17 green-glazed relief-decorated floor tiles, and nave includes 2 white marble grave slabs, one to John Tarlton, rector , the other to Joanna his wife Chancel floor of C19 patterned tiles.

The C19 oak altar rail supported by twisted iron standards with foliate brackets and at each end twisted brass stems with ivy leaf repousee ornament carry oil lamps.

Pulpit is C17, renovated in C19, with panelled octagonal drum and cornice enriched with cable moulding and shallow acanthus leaves.

C19 Beerstone Perpendicular style font with moulded base, blind arcade around stem to octagonal bowl, the faces of which have sunken quatrefoils alternately in squares of lozenges.

2 similar C17 marble mural monuments set side by side on south wall of nave, left in memory of Lawrence Clotworthy of Rashleigh and right in memory of Mary Bury, daughter of John Clotworthy Both have triangular-headed plaques with moulded frames.

East window of aisle contains fragments of C16 stained glass in the tracery.