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St Margaret

St Margaret

Hornby

Lancashire

Church, with tower built in 1514 by Sir Edward Stanley Lord Monteagle, chancel incomplete at his death in 1524, nave rebuilt 1817, and arcades and clerestorey added 1889 by Paley and Austin.

Architectural Features

The parapet is embattled with pinnacles and the bell openings each have a mullion and a transom and have Tudor-arched heads with hoods.

Above and below them is a string with corner gargoyles.

The middle stage has a plaque carved with the Mounteagle arms.

The south aisle is of three bays separated by buttresses and has 2-light windows with straight-sided Tudor heads.

The north and south sides, and each canted side, have cross windows with Tudor-arched heads, Perpendicular tracery, and ogee hoods with head stops and floriated finials.

The east window has a round head, 3 cinquefoiled upper lights and 3 Tudor-arched lower lights.

The pews, carved choir stalls, and communion rails, appear to date from the 1889 restoration.

In the south aisle is a memorial tablet by Hardman to Dr. John Lingard, historian and Catholic priest of Hornby 1811-51.