Architectural Features
C14 west tower with diagonal buttresses and a rectangular stair turret to south east.
Crenellated parapet with 2 gargoyles.
North aisle with 3 2-light ogee-traceried north windows, a modern plain-chamfered doorway and C15 panel-traceried east and west windows with flat heads.
C14 wave-moulded doorway.
6 2-light late-Medieval clearstorey windows.
C14 niche to north side of east wall with cusped ogee arch and fleuron to hood mould.
Arch braces supported on carved corbels.
Fine early C14 piscina in chancel with 3-point traceried cusping on a pair of engaged colonnettes with bell capitals.
C14 octagonal font with Purbeck marble bowl.
St Michael's church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1913474 is situated just north-west of the grounds of the former Didlington Hall - home to the Tyssen-Amherst family - and is surrounded by fields on three sides. The building dates mainly from the 13th and 14th centuries but was extensively restored in the 19th century. The original roof has survived as has a Norman font bowl which rests on a later stem. The marble altar rails > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1913521 date from the Victorian restoration, the memorials on the chancel walls are 18th century. Modern seating can be seen in the nave.