The church was designed by William White, one of the leading church architects in Victorian times. Although the cheapest materials were used, the interior of the church is both gracious and beautiful. The architect H.S.Goodhart-Rendel, a keen advocate of the Gothic revival, once commented of St.Michael’s, “Everything very honest and thoughtful.”

Special features include the font, the clerestory windows, the reredos, rood screen and pulpit. The angels on the wooden pulpit were carved by Hems, and the stained glass windows were designed by Lavers, Barruad and Westlake. The organ is a particularly fine example of Henry Jones’ work.

A school was added to the building in 1887-88, which is now used as the church halls.