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St. Margaret

St. Margaret

Swannington

Norfolk

Parish Church, C13 and later, built of flint with limestone dressings and with a lead and slate roof.

Architectural Features

C15 porch in western bay with monogramed flushwork base course, diagonal buttresses, doorway with attached shafts with base and capitals and with a dragon and several figures in the spandrels.

Three bay arcade in Decorated style, though only one pier in the north arcade may belong to the early C14.

C12 piscina in the form of a Norman capital with carving on each face showing a Norman horseman in chainmail etc. in combat with a dragon.

Late medieval cambered tie beam roof with short King posts with tracery in the spandrels.

C13 octagonal Purbeck marble font with blind arcade on bowl and with C19 base.

Wall painting of St. Christopher opposite south west door.