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Peace, quiet and contemplation under one historic roof.

A medieval manor house complete with a moat (and now in the care of the National Trust) shares an idyllic location with this little church, which is recorded as early as 1349.

St Michael’s sits in a verdant spot, a little way outside the village surrounded by a lush growth of trees and approached over a fine lawn guarded by a voluminous hedge.

Built in 1833 by William Carus Wilson, Founder of the Clergy Daughters School, as school chapel and parish church with a strong connection with local heritage and Bronte sisters.

A Saxon church with Roman fabric hidden inside a Norman exterior, two ancient churches for the price of one, added to which a unique collection of medieval wall paintings from the 12th to 17th century.

The church is perpendicular in style.

A grant to help fund work including replacing the cramped tea-bar, library and toilet with a spacious kitchen and fully accessible toilet, and to improve energy efficiency and reduce running costs by installing draught-proofing and double/secondary glazing windows.

St Adelwold’s is unusual as there are two churches situated within one churchyard.

The architect Charles Hansom, designer of fifty Catholic churches in the country and brother of Joseph Aloysius Hansom, the designer of the Hansom cab, regarded St John’s as his best and most rewarding work.

The church was mentioned in the Domesday Book and there is evidence of Roman and Saxon material in the west wall.