Parish church. 13th-15th and 19th centuries, restored 1857, 1871 and 1895. Ashlar, dressed coursed rubble and rock-face ashlar. Slate and lead roofs with decorative ridges. Coped gables with single ridge crosses to the east nave, the east chancel, and the south and north sides of the porch. Single stack to the east end of the north aisle. Buttressed. Tower with spire, nave, aisles, south porch, north organ chamber and chancel. (4)
S arcade C13. N arcade has nave clerestory and aisles, chancel and W tower and spire. C13, C14, C15. (1)
St Michael. The church of Bonington. Spire … C15. The arcade to the S aisle is C13, that to the N aisle C14. The clerestory is C15. Restoration of 1895 by W. S. Weatherley. (2)
The nave arcades [were] probably erected early in the C13th. About 1340 or 1350 the side aisles were rebuilt, probably much wider than before. A large south porch was also built. The addition of the clerestory, in late Gothic, [was] at some time in the C16th. The chancel … was entirely rebuilt in 1878. (3)
See L7891 for churchyard terrace, L7892 for nearby bank and hollow track, L7901 for nearby earthworks.

Listed buildings slides, (Photograph). SNT2648.

OS, 1973, 1:10000 1973 (Map). SNT995.

<1> Mee A, 1938, The King's England: Nottinghamshire (Published document). SNT914.

<2> Pevsner N, 1979, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed., pp 341-2 (Monograph). SNT4.

<3> Thoroton Society, 1910, TTS, pp 21-3 (Published document). SNT337.

<4> Historic England, 2021, National Record of Historic Environment (Digital archive). SNT5271.