Architectural Features
chancel, C14 nave.
Four gargoyles.
In addition south side pierced by arched priests' door and two-light C13 plate tracery window: pointed lights supporting encircled quatrefoil vesica.
Scissor braced chancel roof of C13 origins but so restored as to- qualify for date of 1885-86.
Plain C13 octagonal font with central shaft and eight orbiting Purbeck marble columns.
St Michael's church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1959093 was built from stone and flint in the 13th and 14th centuries. The church benefits from the Town Lands Trust, which consists of land in the parish gifted by Wm Manning, parts of which houses holiday chalets. The income from these has enabled much work to be done on the church. The church has been extensively restored in the 19th century but has retained the original font. The most noteworthy features of St Michael's are three stained glass windows made by Henry Holiday (1839-1927) who was originally employed as a glass designer at Powell's and set up his own workshop in 1891. His work was much influenced by Sir Edward Burne Jones. The east window > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1959122 depicts the Madonna and Child. It was selected to feature as the Post Office’s 2009 1st Class Christmas stamp > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1959129. The window in the chancel north wall > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1959135 dates from around 1911 and depicts Charity. The window in the chancel south wall > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1959148 was installed in around 1898 and depicts Faith. Stone faces can be found on the north wall of the church, one of which is of particular interest since it is believed to be the earliest known representation of a Norfolk Horn sheep > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1959104 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/937072.
Three chancel windows contain stained glass by Hanry Holiday: south 1898, north 1911-13, east 1919-20.