This church building is managed by Churches Conservation Trust.

Reverend Whitwell Elwin was the rector of Booton, St Michael & All Angels for fifty years from 1850 to 1900 and we have him to thank for this superb church. He had the vision to encase the chancel and completely rebuild the rest of the church in his own exuberant interpretation of the Early English style. Inspiration was taken from a multitude of different sources to produce the characterful design we see today including Peterborough and Milan Cathedrals, St Stephen’s Chapel in Westminster, Glastonbury Abbey and Temple Balsall, St Mary in the West Midlands. Architect Edwin Lutyens described his creation as ‘very naughty, but in the right spirit.’ The church was completed in 1891. The exterior is striking with its highly decorative west towers placed on the diagonal and central minaret. The church is festooned in pinnacles and crocketting and the geometric tracery of the windows adds a modern feel. Notice the commanding figure of St Michael atop a dragon looking out from a statue niche above the west porch. The interior does not disappoint. There is a majestic hammerbeam roof complete with huge angels. Angels also feature heavily in the stained glass windows, which form a complete scheme of glazing rarely found in the county.