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St Margaret

St Margaret

Somerleyton

Suffolk

Medieval with C19 restoration.

Architectural Features

Round tower, in 2 phases, neither later than C11.

Good C12 south nave doorway with 2 orders of colonnettes, abaci with saltire crosses and an arch with roll-moulding and chevron ornament.

To the north the nave has an unmoulded doorway (blocked) and a lancet window, both of C13 date.

The other nave windows (one to north, 2 to south) are late C15/early C16, each with 2 square-headed lights.

One small C12 window to north chancel

Font installed c.1860.

The east window contains imported fragments of painted glass, mostly obtained from Cologne

they are said to date from the late C14 to early C18.

The south east chancel window has 2 good stained glass figures.

Several wall monuments to the Leathes family, notably John Leathes on south chancel wall.

3 hatchments to the same family at the west end of the nave.