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St Margaret

Architectural Features

late C14/C15, with addition of 1850 by Hakewill.

Plain tile roofs.

West tower: late C14 or early C15.

Nave: late C12 or C13 origins.

Small low-set C14 cinquefoiled and ogee-headed light towards east end.

Porch: late C14 or early C15.

Chancel: late C12 or C13.

C14 north window of 2 ogee-headed trefoiled lights and quatrefoil in an ogival, with restored roll-and-fillet hoodmould with grotesque heads to label stops.

Interior: structure: 3-bay C19 north arcade to nave in a C13 style.

Late C14 or early C15 chancel arch, pointed, and doubly hollow-chamfered

Roof: medieval common rafter roof to nave, with scissor-braces trenched past high collars.

Fittings: octagonal font with chamfered base to bowl and tooled stone borders, set on later stem.

Poor box in form of large C17 turned newel with square top.

Stalls: probably German, circa 1300 (J. Newman).

Carved ends to arm-rests of each seat, and short shafts with crocketed capitals beneath feet of each figure.

Wall-painting: stencilled pattern of intertwined thorns and wreaths to splays of each east end window, with starred heavens to arch soffits.