St Michael
Pleasley, Derbyshire
Built in about 1150, St Michael's church is a simple single aisled building displaying a Norman chancel arch and a later 14th century tower.
The church dates from 1903 and the stone was taken from a seam in the local colliery and delivered to the site by the colliers. The colliery company were among major influential names assisting building costs. That eventually amounted to £3,097 due extra depths of foundation work.
One obvious visual oddity is the disproportionately short bell tower that never did manage to reach sketched designed full height use. Raising funds for an organ began in 1906. Purchase plus a 1910 installation costing £450.